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Chicago-based group gets private audience with Pope Leo at Vatican: 'such a joy"
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (231+ words) ROME (WLS) -- There was a very special meeting with the pope for a group from Chicago. Leaders from Catholic Extension Society enjoyed a private audience with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican Monday morning. The Chicago-based organization is dedicated to…...
First look inside Rainbow PUSH HQ
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (175+ words) CHICAGO (WLS) -- The life of Rev. Jesse Jackson was celebrated. Chicago and the nation said goodbye to Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday and Saturday. Services were held in Chicago and South Carolina. Plans in Washington, D.C. were postponed. The final service…...
Vatican again OKs Illinois-born Archbishop Fulton Sheen beatification after 2019 ceremony derailed
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (413+ words) Sheen's beatification can now take place in Peoria, Illinois, as originally planned ROME -- The Vatican has given the green light, again, to beatify Archbishop Fulton Sheen, the popular U.S. radio and TV preacher whose path to sainthood was derailed first by…...
Illinois-born Archbishop Fulton Sheen receives Vatican's blessing for beatification
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (483+ words) Family shares story of birth miracle that paved way for Sheen's steps to Catholic sainthood PEORIA, Ill. (WLS) -- As Catholic conversions rise this Easter, a local faith icon nears sainthood. Illinois-born Archbishop Fulton Sheen, who inspired countless conversations, now has the…...
Mourners to begin paying respect to Rev. Jackson at Rainbow PUSH
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (731+ words) CHICAGO (WLS) -- The life of Rev. Jesse Jackson is being celebrated. Services will be held in Chicago, South Carolina and Washington, D.C. Follow along as ABC7 Chicago provides live updates after the death of a civil rights icon. The Jackson family and…...
Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson: Services expanded to include Chicago, South Carolina, Washington DC
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (292+ words) Funeral services to be held at Rainbow PUSH in March CHICAGO (WLS) -- Rev. Jesse Jackson died Tuesday at the age of 84. The civil rights leader had a rare neurodegenerative disease. His family and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition have released a…...
Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks to be installed as head of New York Archdiocese Friday
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (344+ words) CHICAGO (WLS) -- Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks will become the new leader of the New York Archdiocese Friday. There's an installation mass scheduled for Friday afternoon. The transition happens at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. Cardinal Timothy Dolan officially hands over leadership of the…...
Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks prepares for installation Mass, to lead New York Archdiocese
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (340+ words) CHICAGO (WLS) -- Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks will officially take over as Archbishop of New York on Friday. "I'm excited and I'm humbled to be installed as the 11th archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York. I look forward to gathering with you…...
Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (351+ words) CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday he was "very disappointed" that his home state of Illinois had approved a law allowing for medically assisted suicide, and he called for greater respect of life. Leo said he had spoken…...
'I go with a shepherd's heart': Bishop Hicks speaks on being named to lead New York Archdiocese
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (820+ words) Hicks had similar south suburban upbringing to Pope Leo XIV JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- In his first TV interview in Chicago since being named leader of the New York Archdiocese, Bishop Ronald Hicks joined ABC7 Chicago from the Blanchette Catholic Center in Crest…...