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Quinn announced last night that he had accepted an offer from Chicago Archbishop Francis George to sit down with the bishops next month to discuss abortion rights; the Bears; the NBA lockout; the Cubs hiring of Dale Sveum and why the Michelin Guide ignored Next. more ›

Attorney William Martin said the boy's family received $3.2 million, which should be enough for him to continue weekly therapy sessions and, eventually, attending college and starting his own business. more ›

Cardinal Francis George expressed remorse yesterday at Holy Name Cathedral and said "a rape victim demands all the respect and sympathy that anybody can give." more ›

Former priest Daniel McCormack pleaded guilty to sexually abusing boys in 2007. A new lawsuit alleges the Archdiocese of Chicago was aware of his behavior when he was a seminarian. more ›

Look north from within Sherman Park and you catch a jarring sight: ruins. Towers of rubble loom over the field house, but it isn't nature taking a toll: its the Archdiocese of Chicago! more ›

Cardinal Francis George and St. Sabina's Rev. Michael Pfleger have made nice, leading to George lifting his suspension of Pfleger and restoring him to his "sacramental and pastoral ministry at St. Sabina." more ›

Rev. Michael Pfleger took to his (bully) pulpit at St. Sabina to express his wishes to the congregation that he wished to stay at the Auburn-Gresham church he's shepherded for the past 30 years. "My life is in God’s hands. What happens at St. Sabina’s is in God’s hands," he said. more ›

The Archdiocese of Chicago began the process to canonize Father Augustus Tolton, holding a prayer service and signing decrees to have the Vatican examine the life of the first recognized Africa American Roman Catholic priest in consideration for sainthood. more ›

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago announced today that it will pay $12.7 million to settle a suit against 11 priests brought by 16 victims of sexual abuse. Over the last 30 years, the Archdiocese of Chicago has settled 250 such suits. [S-T, Trib]
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