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Bishop John O. Barres of Rockville Centre, chairman of the board of directors of The Pontifical Mission Societies, U.S.A., celebrates Mass at St. Mary's Church in El Paso, Ill. Sept. 26, 2026. Blessed Fulton J. Sheen was baptized at St. Mary's on May 12, 1895, and Bishop Barres was baptized by Blessed Sheen decades later in New York. (OSV News photo/Gretchen R. Crowe)

Blessed Sheen's baptismal church in Illinois to be part of world's first parish named for him

Gretchen R. Crowe|Sep 26, 2026|4 Min Read

A sister serves a resident Aug. 19, 2026, at St. Patrick’s Residence in Naperville, Ill. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm and the Chicago Province of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and an Illinois pharmacist sued Illinois Sept. 3 over the state's physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide. (OSV News photo/courtesy Becket)

Following complaint from Catholics, federal judge blocks Illinois euthanasia law

Kate Scanlon|Sep 12, 2026|3 Min Read

The Illinois Capitol in Springfield. (Paul Brady Photography/Shutterstock via EWTN)

Court blocks Illinois assisted suicide mandate for religious objectors – for now

Daniel Payne|Aug 26, 2026|2 Min Read

The Illinois Capitol in Springfield is pictured in this June 3, 2025, file photo. (OSV News photo/Megan Marley)

Illinois bishop, Catholic doctors sue to block new assisted suicide law

Simone Orendain|Aug 12, 2026|4 Min Read

The Illinois Capitol in Springfield is pictured in this June 3, 2025, file photo. The Diocese of Springfield and a pregnancy center turned to a federal appeals court June 2, 2026, to challenge an Illinois nondiscrimination law that they said would force them to hire workers who do not share their pro-life mission. They filed an appeal with the 7th Circuit after a U.S. District Court judge dismissed the case as hypothetical March 31 and said they have no legal standing. (OSV News photo/Megan Marley)

Illinois Catholic diocese, pregnancy center appeal to federal court over nondiscrimination law they say threatens faith-based hiring

Simone Orendain|Jun 15, 2026|3 Min Read

Peter Breen, executive vice president and head of litigation at the Chicago-based Thomas More Society speaks at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield, Ill., during the Illinois Pro-Life March on March 19, 2026. A federal appellate court in Chicago heard oral arguments April 10 in a case that challenges an Illinois conscientious objectors law that would compel physicians and pregnancy centers to refer patients who ask, to abortion providers. (OSV News photo/Simone Orendain)

Court hears lawsuit on Illinois law mandating pro-life doctors, centers give abortion referrals

Simone Orendain|Apr 15, 2026|3 Min Read

The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield is pictured in an undated file photo. The Illinois legislative session ended May 31, 2025, with no action on measure to legalize assisted suicide, but opponents are bracing for bill to come back up, maybe as early as this summer. (OSV News photo/Jerry Nowicki, courtesy Capitol News Illinois)

Assisted suicide bill stalls in Illinois Legislature amid Catholic opposition

Kate Quiñones|Jun 3, 2025|3 Min Read

A undated photo shows a sign outside 1st Way Pregnancy Support Services in Johnsburg, Ill. The center, a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit concerning what pregnancy resource centers can tell clients, is one of 100 pregnancy resource centers in Illinois. (OSV News photo/1st Way Pregnancy Support Services)

Judge issues split decision on Illinois law opposed by pro-life pregnancy centers

Kurt Jensen|Apr 10, 2025|3 Min Read

Assisted suicide

Illinois submits bills to become 12th state to allow assisted suicide

Simone Orendain|Jan 31, 2025|4 Min Read

Sarah Richardson, a sidewalk counselor with Coalition Life in Carbondale, Illinois. (Courtesy of Thomas More Society via CNA)

Pro-life group asks Supreme Court to throw out abortion ‘buffer zone’ laws

Jonah McKeown|Nov 19, 2024|4 Min Read

Illinois

Judge blocks Illinois law targeting pregnancy resource centers

Kurt Jensen|Aug 4, 2023|4 Min Read

Illinois

Pregnancy resource centers sue Illinois over new 'deceptive practices' law

Kurt Jensen|Jul 28, 2023|4 Min Read

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