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Man opens up on alleged sex abuse from former Chicago priest known as ‘Father Happy Hands’
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoCHICAGO — A man who says he was abused by a former Chicago priest known as “Father Happy Hands” told...
Springfield family gets chance to 'witness history' in Rome following death of Benedict XVI
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor Tony DelGiorno and his family, it was "a serendipitous chance to witness history." DelGiorno, a...
Paprocki remembers Benedict XVI, pope who appointed him bishop of Springfield
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBishop of Springfield Thomas J. Paprocki remembered the life and legacy of Pope Emeritus Benedict...
No St. Patrick’s Day meat-eating dispensation for Chicago Catholics, archdiocese says
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChicago’s Irish Catholics will be walking on thin, green ice if they want to eat corned beef on St. Patrick’s Day. The Archdiocese of Chicago will not be granting parishioners a general dispensation ...
Catholic clergy sexually abused Illinois kids far more often than church acknowledged, state finds
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMore than 450 Catholic clergy in Illinois sexually abused nearly 2,000 children since 1950, the...
Editorial: Attorney general’s report on Catholic clergy child sex abuse lays out a shameful chapter...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Illinois attorney general’s gut-wrenching 696-page report on Catholic clergy child sex abuse in Illinois is illustrated, incongruously but perhaps necessarily, with aspirational images of ...
Latest report on clergy sex abuse within Catholic Church gives ‘voice to survivors’
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe 11-year-old boy was an altar server at St. John Vianney in west suburban Northlake during the early 1960s, when a popular priest began inviting him out to dinner, drive-in movies and even ...
'Gripped by grace': Thousands gather for Bishop O'Connell's funeral Mass
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBishop David G. O'Connell, the beloved Los Angeles cleric who was shot to death in his bed last...
Report: Nearly 2,000 children abused by more than 450 Catholic leaders in Illinois
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe report reveals names and detailed information of 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers who...
Babe Ruth, patron saint of the home run, turned the ball field into a church – and lived his own...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Sultan of Swat turned every stadium into a cathedral, and home runs into a sacrament. Bettmann...