Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, who led the Archdiocese of Chicago for 14 years, died 25 years ago today. Here’s a look back at his remarkable life. The son of an immigrant Italian stonecutter, Joseph ...

The late Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin is pictured with children in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy John H. White) “Didn’t he teach us? Didn’t he show us the way?” Chicago came to a stop on Nov.

(RNS) The election of Pope Francis in March heralded a season of surprises for the Catholic Church, but perhaps none so unexpected – and unsettling for conservatives – as the re-emergence of the late ...

The cold limestone edifice of the Bishop’s Mausoleum stands on a bluff overlooking Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside. A bronze statue of the angel Gabriel sits atop blowing a trumpet, and if you could ...

The late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, archbishop of Chicago. (Image from the Signs of the Times Social Justice Calendar of the Center of Concern.) Listen Tomorrow, November 14, is the twentieth ...

Pope Francis on Sunday engineered what may prove to be a seismic shift in the Catholic hierarchy in the United States, elevating not one or two, but a full three new American cardinals seen as ...

Nov. 14 marks the 20th anniversary of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin's death. Cardinal Bernardin was 68 and died after a lengthy battle with cancer. He received the traditional cardinal's "red hat" from ...

The focus on the pro-life committee vote did, however, give renewed attention to a way of approaching a litany of thorny social and political issues: the consistent ethic of life. This ethos, first ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Chicago's Catholic faithful marked All Saints' Day Monday night, and All Souls Day coming Tuesday, with an honor for the late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. Bernardin died on Nov. 14, 1996 ...

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, who led the Archdiocese of Chicago for 14 years, died 25 years ago. Here’s a look back at his remarkable life. The son of an immigrant Italian stonecutter, Joseph Bernardin ...

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, who led the Archdiocese of Chicago for 14 years, died 25 years ago today. Here’s a look back at his remarkable life. This edited story originally ran in the Chicago Tribune ...