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Film, Movie Review Dec 6, 2019
Two Popes, two performances

But the buddy movie leaves us with little hope for the future of the Catholic church.
- By Adam Mullins-Khatib
- Tags: Movie Review, The Two Popes, Anthony McCarten, Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, Catholic church, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Fernando Meirelles, Juan Minujín, Vatican

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Apr 11, 2019
Fish 'n' faith

Lenten fish fries are a delicious and ubiquitous part of the Catholic midwest.
- By Brittany Sowacke
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Food, Lent, fish, catholic church, community

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 7, 2019
Recommended
Doubt: A Parable explores the Catholic Church at a crisis point

The 2004 Pulitzer-winner is relevant once again.
- By Albert Williams
- Tags: Theater Review, Doubt A Parable, Gift Theatre, John Patrick Shanley, Catholic church, Second Vatican Council, Mary Ann Thebus, Michael Patrick Thornton, sex abuse, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Sep 17, 2018
Raya Martin discusses Filipino cinema and his latest film, the crime drama Smaller and Smaller Circles

The 34-year-old filmmaker will be in Chicago this Wednesday when Asian Pop-Up Cinema screens Smaller and Smaller Circles.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Crime, Film, Foreign, Religion, Raya Martin, Smaller and Smaller Circles, Asian Pop-Up Cinema, Filipino cinema, the Philippines, Brillante Mendoza, Lav Diaz, Nonie Buencamino, Sid Lucero, Lino Brocka, Ishmael Bernal, Kidlat Tahimik, F.H. Batacan, Catholic Church

Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2017
The Illinois house failed to override Rauner's veto of ‘right-to-work’ zone ban by one vote, and other Chicago news

Also, a Chicago priest blessed the Mandalay Bay hotel floor where Las Vegas shooter conducted massacre.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Billy Dec, Bottlefork, Bruce Rauner, Catholic Church, Chicago, Clete Kiley, Gilbert Villegas, gun violence, Illinois, Illinois Capitol, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois House of Representatives, Illinois senate, JDL Development, Kevin Hickey, labor unions, Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay, mass shootings, One Chicago Square, real estate development, restaurant closings, right-to-work, Rockit Burger Bar, sexual harassment, skyscrapers, Springfield, Stephen Paddock, Toi Hutchinson, unions, Wrigleyville

Blogs, Bleader Oct 4, 2017
Video
Emanuel criticizes Trump administration’s response to Las Vegas massacre: ‘Take responsibility and accountability for something,’ and other Chicago news

Also, Las Vegas gunman's notorious bank-robber father lived in Chicago.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, Bruce Rauner, Las Vegas, gun control, gun violence, Joseph Ferguson, Chicago Police Department, inspector general, Stephen Paddock, Benjamin Paddock Jr., Sheboygan, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Most Wanted list, Eddie Johnson, CPD, Mark Wahlberg, Blase Cupich, UIC Pavilion, Catholic Church, (re)Encounter, Jason Aldean, Kyle Harris, Las Vegas shootings, Las Vegas massacre, Route 91 Harvest Festival, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 5, 2017
Video
CPD will continue with police reforms recommended by the DOJ despite review by Sessions, and other Chicago news

Also, anxiety about deportation is hurting businesses in Little Village.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, police issues, Department of Justice, Barack Obama, Jeff Sessions, police reform, restaurants, immigration issues, Little Village Chamber of Commerce, Pope Francis, gun violence, gang violence, Blase Cupich, Catholic Church, Illinois Supreme Court, Bruce Rauner, Celinez Nunez, Chance the Rapper, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2017
Video
Rahm stops by O'Hare in solidarity with immigration ban protesters, and other Chicago news

Also, people are offering to be donate a kidney to police chief Eddie Johnson.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, immigration issues, O'Hare International Airport, DREAM Act, Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, gun violence, gang violence, Blase Cupich, Catholic Church, Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama, Amy Blagojevich, Northwestern University, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Jeff Sessions, Betsy DeVos, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 13, 2016
Congressman warns that Illinois could lose federal funds if state budget impasse isn't solved, and other Chicago news

Also, state senator Kwame Raoul advocates for increasing sentences for repeat gun-crime offenders.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Mike Quigley, Donald Trump, infrastructure, Illinois General Assembly, state budget, Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, police brutality, John Poulos, Kwame Raoul, gun violence, criminal justice reform, Catholic Church, Blase Cupich, immigration issues, Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Woodlawn, University of Chicago

Blogs, Bleader Nov 22, 2016
Around 500 O'Hare workers will strike next Tuesday, and other Chicago news

Also, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has named a new chief of staff.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, O'Hare International Airport, minimum wage, Rahm Emanuel, Joe Deal, City Hall, Eileen Mitchell, Bruce Rauner, Dick Durbin, Anne Burke, Pope Francis, Blase Cupich, Catholic Church, gun violence, Vatican, domestic violence, Department of Streets & Sanitation, recycling

Blogs, Bleader Nov 16, 2016
Comptroller-elect Susana Mendoza won't pay state legislators until there's a budget, and other Chicago news

Also, Ed "Fast Eddie" Vrdolyak is indicted for allegedly not paying income taxes on money he earned from brokering tobacco settlements.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Susana Mendoza, Leslie Munger, Illinois General Assembly, Ed Vrdolyak, Rahm Emanuel, Luis Gutierrez, immigration, immigration reform, Chicago, Tom Dart, criminal justice reform, Cook County, Chicago Cubs, Pope Francis, Blase Cupich, Catholic Church

Blogs, Bleader Oct 11, 2016
Chicago police try to rebuild trust, improve image with social media strategy, and other news

Also, CPS stops using discriminatory job screening process following a WBEZ investigation.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago Police Department, Facebook, Twitter, social media, police issues, Chicago Public Schools, racial discrimination, Ken Griffin, Jim Durkin, Illinois General Assembly, Election 2016, Catholic Church, Blase Cupich, Chicago River, CTA

Blogs, Bleader Sep 7, 2016
Police chief: Poverty, ‘society issues,’ not CPD, are causing the gun violence surge, and other Chicago news

Also, how meeting Mother Teresa changed a ex-gang leader's life.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, gun violence, gang violence, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Mother Teresa, Catholic Church, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Election 2016, Chicago Humanities Festival, Gloria Steinem, Trevor Noah, The Daily Show, Senator Barbara Boxer, Thomas Friedman, Maureen Dowd, Jon Meacham, General George Armstrong Custer

Blogs, Bleader May 20, 2016
Houston on track to unseat Chicago as the nation’s third-largest city, and other news

Also, former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert to report to prison in June.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, U.S. Census Bureau, Chicago population, Houston, archdiocese of Chicago, Catholic Church, Holy Name Cathedral, Dan Rutherford, Illinois politics, state of Illinois, Dennis Hastert, Thomas Durkin, Donald Trump, Trump International Hotel and Tower

Film, Movie Feature Oct 15, 2015
Nuns raise hell at the Chicago International Film Festival

In Radical Grace, premiering at the fest, documentary filmmaker Rebecca Parrish profiles three nuns deeply involved in social justice work.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Feature, Radical Grace, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Chicago International Film Festival, Jean Hughes, Chris Schenk, Simone Campbell, Catholic Church

Blogs, Bleader Apr 4, 2015
Remembering Reader writer Robert McClory

Writer Robert McClory dies at 82
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Robert McClory, Margaret McCalmish McClory, Saint Sabina Parish, Father Michael Pfleger, Catholic Church, doctrine of infallibility, Alex Kotlowitz, WBEZ, "Power and the Papacy, " "Radical Disciple, "

Blogs, Bleader Feb 25, 2014
Was knowledge of priestly sins ever used to muscle the church?

Why did the silence last so long?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Books, Arts, LGBT, Media, News, History, Catholic church, pederasty, Pope Pius XI, Mussolini, Saul Friedlander, "The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe, " David Kertzer, the New Republic, blackmail

Blogs, Bleader Mar 28, 2013
Faith, sin, and journalism's high priests

On faith, sin, and journalism's priesthood.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Eric Zorn, Whet Moser, John Kass, Catholic Church, papal infallibility, religious faith, faith among journalists, "traditional Christians, " Chicago Tribune, Chicago magazine, Chicago Reader Bleader

Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2013
Further thoughts on the "strident secularism" that troubles John Kass

Is "strident secularism" the reason why so many turn away from the church?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, John Kass, Rod Dreher, The American Conservative, Pope Francis, Pope Benedict, Catholic Church, secularism, belief, agnosticism

Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2012
Alinsky and Gingrich—separated at mirth? Alinsky's son speaks

David Alinsky sees some of his father's tactics in the right's attacks on his father
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Politics, News Bites, Clout City, Saul Alinsky, David Alinsky, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Philip Klein, Washington Examiner, Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune, NIcholas von Hoffman, Hillary Clinton, New Republic, Michael Kazin, Catholic Church

Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2012
Partial confession is good for the soul

Confession, Francis Cardinal George style.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Religion, Flotsam and Jetsam, News, Piety, Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago, Chicago Archdiocese, Gay Pride Parade, Ku Klux Klan, Catholic church, confession, 7-Eleven

Blogs, Bleader May 18, 2011
Oprah and friends host modest get-together
- By Alex Parker
- Tags: Morning Newsfeed, Oprah, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Madonna, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Beyonce, Michael Jordan, Bloods, gangs, Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Code, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, Catholic Church

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2011
Wanted: Miracle

Miracles happen more often than you think in the midwest
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Religion, Piety, Pope Paul II, Catholic church, Beatification, Virgin Mary sighting, Pope Benedict XVI, miracles, Our Lady of the Underpass

Blogs, Bleader Mar 26, 2010
Transit Gloria

Chicago Transit Authority sets an example for the Catholic Church by firing a driver who'd admitted to child abuse.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News Bites, Chicago Transit Authority, Catholic Church, Child abuse

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