By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 8, 2025 / 16:32 pm U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, along with former presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, and scores of other elected officials throughout the country expressed joy and excitement over the selection of …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 29, 2023 / 12:22 pm Jean Dolores Schmidt, a Catholic religious sister known to many in the sports world simply as “Sister Jean,” threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Chicago Cubs baseball game on Monday night. The occasion, already made special by …

CNA Staff, May 21, 2020 / 03:10 pm MT (CNA).- Three churches in Chicago have been fined after defying an order banning services of more than 10 people on Sunday, May 17. A former mayoral candidate, who attended one of the services, has said that he will pay the fines. …

By Catholic News Service CHICAGO — In a major restructuring, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced Oct. 29 that 14 elementary schools would be closed or merged at the end of the 2014-2015 academic year. “This restructuring is the result of our ongoing efforts to strengthen and support sustainable Catholic schools …