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Cupich: ‘Never forget’ policies that led to Holocaust began with words

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 29, 2019

Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and the policies that led to the Holocaust all began with words, including words that targeted “the other,” Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago wrote in a July 24 commentary in the ‘Chicago Catholic’, the archdiocesan newspaper.

Churches jump into action with threat of immigration sweeps

Associated Press, Church in the US
Jul 15, 2019

As a nationwide immigration crackdown loomed, religious leaders across the country used their pulpits Sunday to quell concerns in immigrant communities and spring into action to help those potentially threatened by the operation.

Chicago woman’s healing is miracle in Cardinal Newman’s sainthood cause

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 3, 2019

A few prayers to Blessed John Henry Newman became a “constant dialogue” and then a desperate response to an emergency for Melissa Villalobos of Chicago. Her healing, which saved her life and the life of her unborn child, was accepted as the miracle needed for the 19th-century British cardinal’s canonization.

Chicago Public Schools urged to take lesson from Catholic action on abuse

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 3, 2019

The Chicago Public Schools system should take some lessons from the Catholic Church in dealing with child sexual abuse allegations, according to an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune.

Cardinal rebukes Farrakhan, priest over speech

Associated Press, Church in the US
May 12, 2019

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich has condemned what he called anti-Semitic statements made by Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan at a Roman Catholic church on the city’s south side.

Priest cleared of allegation of sexual misconduct reinstated

Associated Press, Church in the US
Apr 7, 2019

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has reinstated a priest to his duties after allegations of misconduct involving a minor proved to be unfounded.