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Students protested the university's handling of alleged sexual assaults involving members of the Chi Phi fraternity in 2024.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks at Benedictine College, the Archdiocese of Chicago urges Illinois’ governor to opt in to an education tax program, and more in this week’s education roundup.

The bishop died in a local hospital “surrounded by close family and friends,” current Bishop Emilio Biosca Agüero, OFM Cap, said.

“Circumstances of a person’s birth should not determine the respect for one’s inherent God-given dignity or the opportunities an individual is able to access,” Archbishop Christophe El-Kassis said.

The government has debated expanding its medical assistance in dying program for those suffering solely from mental health issues.

Opening a Vatican meeting marking 10 years since Amoris Laetitia, the pope said the Church must learn from families marked by hardship, loneliness, and fragility.

Dominican Sister Helen Alford, a prominent social scientist, addressed a Vatican conference on the 10th anniversary of the controversial document.

Father Ignacio Larrañaga was described as a mystic “who, through his warm words and profound contemplative experience, taught millions of people how to pray and live in intimacy with the Father.”

Jonathan Reyes will serve as FOCUS’ next chief executive officer, effective Nov. 16.

The meeting brought together the first American-born pope and one of the country’s best-known Catholic evangelists, both with deep roots in Illinois.