"Humanity is greatly diminished whenever the unborn, or the undocumented, the unemployed, the unhealthy are excluded," Cardinal Blase Cupich said.

The Chicago Fire envision a new stadium with a throwback look, according to renderings released by the Major League Soccer Club on Monday. The privately funded, 22,000-seat stadium built along the Chicago River on a 62-acre parcel of land in the city’s South Loop known as “The 78” would boast an industrial look with its red brick

One has danced atop the dugout at Rate Field. Another earned a Topps trading card for throwing a perfect strike. And a third has run the Chicago Marathon 13 consecutive times. Sports is a habit, but their life’s work is a higher calling. They’re nuns.