Pope sends message to Argentine slum priests sick with coronavirus
- Jul 10, 2020
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After 50-plus years, restaurant at Catholic shrine in Illinois closes
- Jul 7, 2020
A restaurant has closed after more than 50 years at a popular Catholic site in southwestern Illinois.
Chicago prison ministry helps newly released people with basic needs
- May 9, 2020
When the Illinois Department of Corrections began releasing inmates from state prisons to reduce populations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the staff from Kolbe House, the archdiocese’s jail and prison ministry, stepped up to help.
COVID-19 crisis delays probe of former priest’s prison death
- May 5, 2020
The investigation into the prison death of a southern Illinois priest shortly after he began serving a nine-year sentence for child pornography and drug possession has been delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic, a county coroner said.
Bishop says praying over diocese from helicopter may give some comfort
- Apr 14, 2020
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria took to the skies via a helicopter on Good Friday, April 10, to offer a blessing to the entire Diocese of Peoria as well as to pray for all affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
People asked to share hearts on windows, doors to lift spirits amid virus
- Apr 4, 2020
A woman has started a “social distance scavenger hunt” encouraging people to place hearts on windows and doors, making her new Heart Hunters Facebook page a community that is 600,000 strong and growing.
Bishop Braxton retires; Chicago-area pastor named successor
- Apr 4, 2020
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville, Illinois, and has appointed Father Michael G. McGovern, a pastor in the Archdiocese of Chicago, as his successor.
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