CCI Radio Hour: June 15, 2015
June 15, 2015 show CCI's own Zach Wichmann joins Bob to urge listeners to call or email their state lawmakers to support the Illinois Kids Campaign. This initiative would increase the education expenses tax credit to $1,000 from $500, and would create...
'Freedom to Bear Witness' theme of 2015 Fortnight for Freedom
This year's Fortnight for Freedom will carry the theme of "Freedom to Bear Witness," as Catholic institutions in the United States still struggle with the federal mandate requiring free insurance coverage of abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization and...
CCI releases updated 'A Catholic Perspective on Gambling in Illinois' in face of possible gambling expansion
The Catholic Conference of Illinois today issued the following press release on the Illinois bishops' updated "A Catholic Perspective on Gambling in Illinois." The document may be found here in English, here in Spanish, and here in Polish. ...
CCI Radio Hour: May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015 show Bob speaks with William Godwin of One Chance Illinois, a coalition of organizations (Including the Catholic Conference of Illinois) advocating the Illinois Kids Campaign, an initiative seeking to improve education in the state. The initiative would...
CCI issues statement on death of Cardinal George
The Catholic Conference of Illinois released the following statement on the death of Cardinal George. Click here for a PDF version. April 17, 2015 Statement on Cardinal George’s death from the staff of the Catholic Conference of Illinois CHICAGO – The...
Agreement reached on conscience rights
Last month, we posted about an attack on the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act in the form of Senate Bill 1564. The Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act allows medical personnel and health care facilites to avoid participating in medical procedures...
IL bishops urge lawmakers to oppose taxpayer-funded abortions
Illinois' Catholic bishops today sent a letter to Illinois House members to reject House Bill 4013 and its call for public funding of abortions. Both the House and Senate reconvene today after a two-week spring break. House Bill 4013 passed the House Human...
Illinois bishops call for bell-ringing to mark 150th anniversary of Civil War's end
On April 9, 2015, our nation will mark the 150th anniversary of the surrender ceremony at the Appomattox Court House, which came to symbolize the beginning of reconciliation throughout the United States for a nation torn apart by civil war. The terms of General...
CCI Radio Hour: March 16, 2015
March 16, 2015 show Bishop Edward Braxton of Belleville talks about the pastoral letter he issued in January, "The Racial Divide in the United States." Fr. William Grogan, the Archdiocese's vicar for health care, and Patrick Cacchione of the Illinois...
Conscience rights under attack
The Illinois Healthcare Right of Conscience Act allows medical personnel and health care facilites to avoid participating in medical procedures -- such as abortion, sterilization, and certain end-of-life care -- that violate their beliefs and values. Senate Bill 1564...