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First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

VFW Ceremony, Field Masses Highlight Area Memorial Day Observances

Here are a list of Memorial Day observances honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice, veterans and active miitary happening in the area. All events take place on Monday, May 27.Johnson-Phelps VFW Post 5220Village of Oak LawnJohnson-Phelps VFW Post ... [Published Oak Lawn Patch - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Catholic, Francis George, Chicago

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Cardinals Say New Pope Remains Down-To-Earth, 2 Months In

(CBS) - - He has been in office for just over 2 months, but already pope Francis has put his own personal stamp on the papacy.He has ignored many trappings and traditions while concentrating preaching and prayer.“That’s a little bit South American in ... [Published CBS Chicago.com - May 24 2013]

Entities: Francis George, Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Jay Levine, Chicago

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Memorial Day Field Masses: locations, celebrants and times

) – Francis Cardinal George, OMI, Archbishop of Chicago, auxiliary bishops and priests will celebrate Memorial Day with Field Masses at 37 Catholic cemeteries on Monday, May 27. This year, Chicago joins a national program, “Serving God and Country: A ... [Published Catholic New World - May 23 2013]

Entities: Catholic, Chicago, John J Kelly, John J. Sullivan, Steven Bauer

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Chicago Reflections: The Past 150 Years

_ An exhibit of 20 oil portraits by local artist Peter Hagerty will be featured at the Downers Grove Public Library throughout the month of June. The portraits focus on culturally significant Chicagoan's from the past 150 years. Portraits include: John ... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 22 2013]

Entities: Chicago, Nelson Algren, John Belushi

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Chicago Archdiocese ordains 10 priests, 3 from Northwest suburbs

Francis Cardinal George ordained 10 priests Saturday at Holy Name Cathedral, including three from the Northwest suburbs and three who will serve at parishes in Lake County.The men, ranging in age from 26 to 53, include six from the Chicago area and one ... [Published Chicago Daily Herald - May 18 2013]

Entities: Joseph Parish, Chicago, Roberto Mercado, Acambay (Mexico), Myszkow (Poland)

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

Quinn calls on House to send him gay marriage bill

_ Gov. Pat Quinn called on the Illinois House to send him legislation to legalize gay marriage, saying lawmakers had plenty of time to make up their mind on the issue.The state Senate passed the measure on Valentine's Day, and the governor has said he's ... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 09 2013]

Entities: Pat Quinn, Gay, Same-Sex Marriage, Francis George, Jack Markell

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Mayor Emanuel plays rough and tough with Cardinal George

Francis Cardinal George speaking at the Interfaith Coalition to Restore the Water Fee Exemption press conference at the St. Paul Church of God in ChristFar be it from me—a secular humanist from way, way back—to criticize someone for criticizing the head ... [Published Chicago Reader - May 08 2013]

Entities: Francis George, Alderman, Paedophilia, African-Americans

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Zorn: Cardinal George overplays his hand in bidding for free water

_ One can make a case that nonprofit organizations should get free water from the city.Not a good case, mind you, but a case: It says that these institutions are often strapped for cash, so in order to assist them in their various missions of public service, ... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 03 2013]

Entities: Francis George, Religion, Sectarianism, Church of God In Christ, Property Insurance

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Cardinal George on why churches deserve free water

At Tuesday's news conference, Cardinal Francis George addressed the city's play to curtail the provision of free water to churches:They’ve included this as part of those helps that we’ve traditionally enjoyed. But we’ve enjoyed them because we’ve had ... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 02 2013]

Entities: Francis George, Property Insurance, Religion

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 3 reports

LETTER: AGLO in the dark; Liberals two-faced on immigration

AGLO in the darkLGBT rights are moving at rapid rates across the globe. It is if a paradigm shift is taking place in western society to include elements of South and Central America. Here in the United States we are witnessing the rapid change at a dizzying ... [Published Windy City Times - May 01 2013]

Entities: Immigration, LGBT, Gay, Francis George

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

Cardinal, other faith leaders call for repeal of water fee

Cardinal Francis George has long preached about the dangers of secularization and the American government's failure to recognize religious institutions for their role in the public sphere.Now a municipal battle over whether churches and charities in Chicago ... [Published Individual.com - May 01 2013]

Entities: Francis George, Religion, Church of God In Christ

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Cardinal blesses babies, families at new hospital

Some of the smallest patients at Alexian Brothers Health Center in Hoffman Estates had a special visitor Monday.Cardinal Francis George spent the afternoon walking the halls of the new Women and Childrens Hospital, sprinkling holy water on the doors of ... [Published Chicago Daily Herald - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Francis George, Patient, Mora, Kim Jones

Quotes

Robert P George, a professor at Princeton University, said, "it is a very special night because we're honoring a great man not only an lds leader but an american leader."

Elder Oaks honored for promoting religious freedom [Published KSL-TV - May 17 2013]

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VFW Ceremony, Field Masses Highlight Area Memor... [Published Oak Lawn Patch - 4 hours ago]
Thumbs Way Up! [Published America Magazine - May 24 2013]
Cardinals Say New Pope Remains Down-To-Earth, 2... [Published CBS Chicago.com - May 24 2013]
Plan Memorial Day Services In Oak Lawn [Published Southwest News-Herald - May 23 2013]
Memorial Day Field Masses: locations, celebrant... [Published Catholic New World - May 23 2013]
Chicago Reflections: The Past 150 Years [Published Chicago Tribune - May 22 2013]
God Wants Pope Francis To Be The First Vegan Po... [Published Religion News Service - May 22 2013]
New Missal Survey Shows Most Priests Dissatisfied [Published dotCommonweal - May 21 2013]
Rainbow Sash Movement (LGBT Catholics) Calls on... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 19 2013]
Chicago Archdiocese ordains 10 priests, 3 from ... [Published Chicago Daily Herald - May 18 2013]
Chicago's first archbishop made church live up ... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 18 2013]
Friday reader's view: Losing our grip on truth [Published Midland Daily News - May 18 2013]
Elder Oaks honored for promoting religious freedom [Published KSL-TV - May 17 2013]
I-Team: Predator priests paid to pray for unsus... [Published WLS Chicago - May 17 2013]
Elder Oaks promotes strengthening the free exer... [Published Deseret Morning News - May 17 2013]
Rome's Cassandra: On George Weigel [Published The Nation - May 16 2013]
Revising Water Bill Ordinance [Published Southwest News-Herald - May 16 2013]
Lucy Martha Carlson [Published Marshall Independent - May 16 2013]
Archdiocese of Chicago plans Memorial Day Masses [Published Fort Mills Times - May 15 2013]
Entering the pope's domain [Published Chicago Tribune - May 11 2013]
Pope Francis doesn't give communion [Published Catholic Online - May 10 2013]
Group Demands Firing of Ex-Priest, Now Counselo... [Published Bolingbrook Patch - May 10 2013]
Quinn calls on House to send him gay marriage bill [Published Chicago Tribune - May 09 2013]
Illinois gay marriage bill support slows weeks ... [Published WLS Chicago - May 08 2013]
Mayor Emanuel plays rough and tough with Cardin... [Published Chicago Reader - May 08 2013]
Border Crossed – After 17 Month Wait, Pope Taps... [Published Whispers in the Loggia - May 06 2013]
Zorn: Cardinal George overplays his hand in bid... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 03 2013]
Seeing miracles in ECC production of ‘Our Lady ... [Published Elgin Courier News - May 03 2013]
Base evangelization on Eucharist [Published Herald Malaysia Online - May 02 2013]
St. James demolition postponed to May [Published Near West Gazette - May 02 2013]

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New Missal Survey Shows Most Priests Dissatisfied [Published dotCommonweal - May 21 2013] The closer you get, the worse it looks. That seems to be the takeaway from a collection of surveys over the past year intended to gauge the response of Catholics to the new English translation of the Roman Missal. The controversial new English translation ...
Border Crossed – After 17 Month Wait, Pope Taps... [Published Whispers in the Loggia - May 06 2013] Resolving the US' longest-standing vacancy after 17 long months, at Roman Noon this Monday Pope Francis named Bishop Mark Seitz , 59, an auxiliary of Dallas since 2010, as bishop of El Paso – in terms of diocesan population, the new pontiff's most ...
Pope Francis calls on international group of ca... [Published National Post \| Life » Holy Post - Apr 13 2013] VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis named eight cardinals from around the globe Saturday to advise him on running the Catholic Church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, marking his first month as pope with a major initiative to reflect the universal nature ...
Father Raymond J. de Souza: A pope among the pr... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Mar 28 2013] CHICAGO — Pope Francis will visit a youth detention centre in Rome this evening, offering the Holy Mass, and washing the feet of the young inmates. It’s Holy Thursday. All around the Catholic world, the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper lifts the curtain ...
The Speech That Led Jorge Bergoglio to the Papacy [Published Breitbart Feed - Mar 27 2013] Vatican Radio has published an unofficial translation of the text of the speech given by then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio from Argentina to his brother cardinals during the pre-conclave General Congregation meetings held prior to the voting to elect ...

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Cardinal on new pope: Should have a "pleasing p... [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Feb 28 2013]

Press Releases

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Rainbow Sash Movement (LGBT Catholics) Calls on... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 19 2013]