CCI issues Marriage Toolkit

CCI issues Marriage Toolkit

CCI today issued its Marriage Toolkit, a resource for clergy, parish staff and the laity. The toolkit is designed to help Catholic individuals and parish communities understand, explain and promote the Catholic Church's answers to the following questions: What is...
CCI Radio Hour: Nov. 19, 2012

CCI Radio Hour: Nov. 19, 2012

Nov. 19, 2012 show What's a TVDL? Lawrence Benito of the Illinois Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights tells how Temporary Visitor Driver's Licenses could be extended to undocumented immigrants by the legislature via Senate Bill 957. CCI's own...

CCI's Robert Gilligan speaks about temporary licenses for immigrants

Illinois bishops have pledged to support an expansion of Temporary Visitor Driver's Licenses  (TVDL) to undocumented immigrants living in the state. TVDLs can only be used for driving, and not for identification. Catholic Conference of Illinois Executive Director Robert Gilligan speaks at a press conference in support of TVDLs. 
Seeking comfort and hope: an immigrant's story

Seeking comfort and hope: an immigrant's story

It was a mother's worst nightmare — her children had gone missing. Compound that alarm with the fear of reaching out to police for help because you are an undocumented immigrant. That was the story of "Lupe," a mother of five from Mexico living in...