Life Advocacy Days set to lobby against House Bill 40
Lay Catholics from across the state will converge on the Illinois capitol in March and April to educate House lawmakers on the dangers of House Bill 40. HB 40 would force every taxpayer in the state to support abortion, since it removes the current ban on using...
Cardinal Cupich takes stand on immigration enforcement
Cardinal Cupich today told priests in the Archdiocese of Chicago to keep immigration officials off Church property unless they have a warrant. In a letter issued to priests, Cardinal Cupich outlined several resources the Church offers to immigrants, and then held firm...
CCI Radio Hour: Feb. 27, 2017
Feb. 27, 2017 show Cardinal Blase Cupich joins Bob for the first half-hour of the show to talk about the need to defeat Illinois House Bill 40, which allows your taxpayer money to pay for elective abortions for women in the Medicaid program and the state's...
Illinois bishops urge action against House Bill 40, taxpayer-funded abortion
Illinois bishops have written letters to parishioners, asking them to contact their state representatives to urge a "no" vote on House Bill 40. HB 40 allows taxpayer money to be used to pay for elective abortions for Medicaid recipients and state employees....
CCI Radio Hour: Jan. 23, 2017
Jan. 23, 2017 show Joe Scheidler, founder of the Pro-Life Action League, joins Bob to talk about his recently-released memoir, "Racketeer for Life," which tells how he evolved from a public relations account executive to one of the leaders of the pro-life...
Taxpayer-funded abortion recycled into House Bill 40
Nothing ever really dies in the Illinois legislature. We repeatedly alerted you to House Bill 4013 during the 99th General Assembly, which ran from January 2015 through Jan. 10, 2017. HB 4013 would have allowed taxpayer money to pay for elective abortions in state...
CCI issues legislative agenda for 100th General Assembly
The Catholic Conference of Illinois has released its legislative agenda for the 100th General Assembly that was sworn in on Jan. 11, 2017. CCI issues this list of key priorities every two years at the beginning of a new General Assembly. The agenda also offers a brief...
CCI Radio Hour: Dec. 19, 2016
Dec. 19, 2016 show Bill O'Keefe, vice president of government relations & advocacy for Catholic Relief Services, joins Bob to talk about the organization's efforts to help the residents of Aleppo, the war-ravaged city in Syria. State Rep. Tom Morrison,...
CCI offers updated guidance on advance directives for end-of-life care
The rapid pace of advances in medical care allows us to live longer and more productive lives than those of our ancestors. But these same innovations can leave us struggling for guidance when we are confronted with end-of-life decisions. Just as important, however, is...
CCI Radio Hour: Nov. 21, 2016
Nov. 21, 2016 show Joyce Duriga, editor of the Archdiocese of Chicago's Catholic New World, talks to Bob from Rome about Saturday's ceremony that elevated Archbishop Cupich to cardinal. Bob then talks about the outcomes of the recent state, federal and...