1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (579+ words) Pope Leo XIV appealed to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to veto a bill legalizing assisted suicide during a Vatican meeting last month, the Pope told reporters Tuesday. The Pope, responding to a question from Rudolf Gehrig of EWTN News, said…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1329+ words) Catholic leaders, including Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and other Illinois bishops, have ardently opposed the legislation. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law an assisted-suicide bill that Catholic leaders have ardently opposed. Pritzker, who met with Pope Leo XIV…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1774+ words) Opposition to Cardinal Cupich's plan is not dying down " neither in Illinois nor around the country. The meetings of two groups of Illinois Catholic leaders chaired by Cardinal Blase Cupich were postponed indefinitely last week after a lay leader requested…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (685+ words) The popular podcasting priest Father Carlos Martins is no longer facing criminal charges after an incident at an Illinois parish last year led to misdemeanor allegations." The Burke Law Group said in a Wednesday press release that the priest, who…...