CHICAGO (WLS) -- Special events began Monday to honor 25 years since the passing of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin. The beloved leader of the Archdiocese of Chicago died in 1996. It's been 25 years since ...

At Notre Dame, Obama referred to Cardinal Joseph Bernardin. “That must have had Cardinal Bernardin turning over in his grave,” writes Elizabeth Lev. Then, she finds an extraordinary quote from the ...

Reverend R. Daniel Conlon is transferring in from Steubenville, Ohio. In this Intelligence Report: Bishop Conlon comes in with a unique connection to Chicago. The connection is to one of Chicago's ...

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Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory was a protégé of the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, who played a leading role in the Gaying of the Catholic Church in America. In a nod to that legacy, Bernardin ...

Theologian Julie Hanlon Rubio was involved with the Catholic Common Ground Initiative — initially founded in 1996 by the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin to lessen divisions in the church — when the ...

IN THE SCANDAL OF SEX abuse by Roman Catholic priests, no bishop has fought harder than Chicago's Cardinal Joseph Bernardin for fair, open and independent review of all allegations. So it was shocking ...