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[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Bernardin: An example for the Church and the world Thirty years after the death of Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin, archbishop of Chicago from 1982 to 1996, the Italian archdiocese of Trento has organized various events in memory of the prelate, whose origins lie in the region.We are publishing the full text of the Lecture delivered Friday evening, 16 October 2026, by Cardinal Blase Joseph Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, as part of the initiatives carried out at Fiera di Primiero, in Trento, in memory of Cardinal Joseph Louis Bernardin thirty years after his death.Cardinal Bernardin, born in the...

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago agreed to pay a priest dogged by allegations of sexually abusing boys a $200,000-plus settlement as he left the church, according to court records and interviews. The contract came to light during a search last week of the Chicago condominium of former priest Vincent McCaffrey as investigators looked for child pornography in his home. They found thousands of images of kiddie porn, and McCaffrey, 49, was ordered held without bond on Monday, authorities said. A spokeswoman for the archdiocese said it had "no knowledge" of the document prosecutors referred to in court papers, but...