A pastor at Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Parish in Lake Zurich has been suspended once again after two new allegations of child sexual abuse were reported, the archdiocese announced. Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, wrote in a letter to the St. Francis community on Saturday announcing a new investigation into Father David … Read more
Four years ago, the course of my life changed and went in a direction I could never have imagined. On Sept. 14, 2018, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, a small group of my parishioners at Resurrection Parish in Chicago and I prayed prayers of deliverance over my predecessor’s rainbow banner. We … Read more
The Angry Catholic has posted an audio version a documentary entitled “Manufacturing the Clerical Predator” produced and directed by Sarah Pearson from NatesMission.org. The documentary features three former Catholic prelates, including: Kevin Wester – former priest James Egan – former seminarian Thomas Doyle – former Dominican priest and cannon lawyer. Names of U.S. bishops … Read more
ABC7 Chicago has a blurb about the Institute of Christ the King’s Shrine on the South side. This is hilarious. “On July 31, the Shrine of Christ the King communicated to the archdiocese that they would stop offering Mass and other sacraments at the Shrine. It was their choice to do so,” the archdiocese said … Read more
A note posted on the door of the Shrine of Christ the King on Sunday, July 31, 2022 confirms that Cardinal Cupich has, if fact, canceled the celebration of the sacraments for the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priests in Chicago starting August 1. Read more at the Catholic Arena.
Editor’s note: This will be equivalent to pouring hot coals on Cupich’s head (in charity). I have a proposal. Fathers: On 1 August say Holy Mass for Blase Cupich. When people harm us, anger is a common reaction, sometimes righteous and justified, sometimes excessive to the point of being irrational. When we are mistreated, it … Read more
UPDATE: Cardinal Cupich’s decision to cancel the CKSP in Chicago was scheduled to be announced on Sunday, July 17. The announcement did not happen which has lead people to speculate whether Cupich will actually proceed. Follow us for the latest update. Cupich of Chicago has told the members of the Institute of Christ the King … Read more
Perhaps no U.S. diocese has implemented Traditiones Custodes, Pope Francis’s motu proprio restricting what is commonly known as the traditional Latin Mass, as forcefully as the Archdiocese of Chicago. In fact, Cardinal Blase Cupich’s enactment of the decree has gone beyond what the text of both the motu proprio and a subsequent clarification issued by … Read more
The Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago is slamming a Catholic activist group for opposing the display and promotion of pornographic children’s books by Chicago area public libraries. A spokesman for Chicago Cardinal Blasé Cupich said a the church is not supportive of a campaign by Madison, Wisc.-based CatholicVote to remove from libraries books like Gender Queer, … Read more
As the Archdiocese of Chicago calls for liturgical orthodoxy in its implementation of Traditiones custodes, at least one parish has permitted lay people to give a homiletic reflection, despite the Church’s requirements that a homily be given at Sunday Mass, and that homilies can be preached only by ordained ministers. The Archdiocese of Chicago declined … Read more