Archdiocese of Chicago

And Steve, he would walk out with his red cape, and he would go to his chalkboard, and he would write JMJ at the top.

And they'd say, why do you write JMJ, Bishop? And he would say, because when I was a young boy in the Archdiocese of Chicago...

When I was a young boy, we would write JMJ at the top of all of our papers in Catholic school for the Holy Family, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

It was kind of Glenn Beck in the way he used that chalkboard and taught basic philosophy and basic ethics.

But there's a lot more going on here.

Are you so compassionate, Amy, that you think that Illinois taxpayers should give Catholic charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago $108 million this year? $108 million this year.

Emergency Senior Services, Supportive Housing Program, Welcoming Center, Rapid Rehousing Programs.

I remember when the Catholic charities

This is really grave.

And it's quite bold that the church in Illinois, both the Diocese of Springfield and the Archdiocese of Chicago have led in this along with other faith groups.

We've talked about Supreme Court cases in the past that involve ministerial exemptions, like Hosanna Lutheran in 2012, Guadalupe in 2020.

But those don't resolve this issue, though, do they?

Thank you for your time and your wisdom.

I've been talking with Andrea Picciotti-Baird, legal analyst for EWTN News.

We've been talking about the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Carmelite Religious Sisters winning a temporary reprieve against Illinois' assisted suicide law this week.

Stay tuned.

Is there a particular story, a particular case that sort of stuck out to you or a particular example?

Yeah, well, I'm remembering that more than one of the women that I interviewed, and according to data from a survey that the Archdiocese of Chicago did, which 19 other dioceses eventually participated in as well, the majority of people in OCIA right now are women, not men.

Although that number actually has been declining and the number of men has been growing.

But a couple women I spoke to mentioned that they were interested in or had experimented with wearing a veil at birth.

But also one thing, one thing that the survey, which it was just a year survey that they do plan to repeat so we can get some longitudinal data.

One thing the survey showed is that people were not naming the Catholic social tradition or the church's charitable work as a reason that they were converting.

So the Archdiocese of Chicago commissioned this survey in part to understand what's needed to better serve these new Catholics now that they're here.

And one of those things I think we can conclude is more education about the church's social teaching.

Zeal reports Chicago Archdiocese settles decades old clergy abuse claims.

The Archdiocese of Chicago reached nine settlements totaling 5.4 million over clergy sexual abuse allegations dating back to the early 1970s through the 90s.

The Archdiocese said that the time frame is consistent with most claims coming forward today and that this has been paid out so far over 400 million to survivors.

And those are your headline news.