Catholic religious lobby lawmakers on temporary licenses for immigrants
CCI praises Senate passage of temporary licenses for immigrants
The Illinois Senate today approved expanding Temporary Visitor Driver's Licenses to undocumented immigrants. Catholic Conference of Illinois Executive Director Robert Gilligan applauded the Senate's actions, noting that many families are separated when...
Education Newsletter November 2012
Democrats in both the state House and Senate won enough seats in the Nov. 6 election to hold a supermajority in each chamber, meaning they have enough votes to pass legislation without input from Republicans. The Democrats will also be able to override any...
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...
Illinois bishops back Temporary Visitor Driver’s Licenses for immigrants
Illinois' Catholic bishops are supporting an existing, temporary driver's license for undocumented immigrants. Catholic Conference of Illinois Executive Director Robert Gilligan today spoke in favor of the temporary licenses at a Chicago press...
CCI's Robert Gilligan speaks about temporary licenses for immigrants
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 the...
Cardinal George urges use of CCI bulletin inserts
Cardinal George of Chicago today suggested pastors remind parishioners of the election bulletin inserts written and distributed by Illinois' bishops, as the final Sunday before the election draws near. In a letter sent to all priests in the Archdiocese of...
U.S. bishops launch religious freedom website, resources
Our U.S. bishops have unveiled a new website targeting the current threats to religious freedom, called firstamericanfreedom.com. The website by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops offers a brochure that details how our Catholic faith is being rewritten. The...
Puzzled by the pension amendment on the ballot? We explain.
Illinois residents will face a question of amending the state constitution when they head to the voting booth on Nov. 6. The proposed amendment has created a lot of confusion since it deals with pensions. But it does not affect the current status of public employee...