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Cardinal Cupich reinstates activist priest accused of abuse

May 25, 2021

“The Review Board has concluded there is insufficient reason to suspect Father Pfleger is guilty of these allegations,” wrote Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, in a letter to the St Sabina “faith community,” where Fr Pfleger has long served as senior pastor.

As Fr Pfleger abuse inquiry continues, Chicago archdiocese counters ‘misconceptions’ of priest’s supporters

February 26, 2021

“It is mystifying why anyone would believe the leadership of the archdiocese, which has consistently supported Fr. Pfleger’s good works, would concoct a ruse to remove him,” the Chicago archdiocese said Feb. 24.

Chicago Archdiocese looking to merge more parishes

January 05, 2021

The Archdiocese of Chicago has 291 parishes, but will have only 200 priests in nine years, said Fr. Dennis O’Neill of St. Martha in Morton Grove, one of the parishes that may have to merge.

Catholics must fast and abstain from meat this Valentine’s Day, archdiocese confirms

January 29, 2018

The Archdiocese of Chicago said Catholics must follow the Ash Wednesday observance

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November 03, 2017

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May 19, 2016

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Cardinal George remembered as ‘a brilliant mind in love with God’

April 24, 2015

Nine cardinals and more than 50 bishops attend funeral Mass of former Archbishop of Chicago

Pope Francis makes major American Church appointment

September 21, 2014

Bishop Blase Cupich will succeed Cardinal Francis George as Archbishop of Chicago

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