Simone Orendain

Simone Orendain has returned to work as a freelance multimedia journalist after eight years of caregiving. She reports from the Chicago/Midwest area and Asia, and she regularly covers the Catholic Church in the United States and Asia. She was a foreign correspondent based in Manila for six years before returning to the United States in 2016. In the United States, Simone was an education reporter and regularly covered business and religion.

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80 years after 'Trinity,' Catholic-hosted gathering calls to abolish nuclear weapons

Chicago-area village buys Pope Leo's boyhood home as pilgrims visit and pray

Chicago Archdiocese, White Sox team up to celebrate Pope Leo and his 'message of peace'

Pope Leo XIV's election gives new hope to Dolton, Ill., and the church that formed him

Chicago-style hotdogs, pizza, the White Sox just a few of new pope's Windy City faves

Prison calls lead Chicago Archdiocese to allege fraud against abuse claimants in moneymaking scheme

Catholic groups call sudden cancellation of migrants' program 'counterproductive'

Priests helping relatives of victims of Philippine 'war on drugs' jubilant over Duterte's arrest

Coalition aims to have an active prison ministry in all US dioceses, get more laity involved

Jesuits join in 'heartbreaking' search for migrants' remains in Arizona desert

Filipino Simbang Gabi Masses more and more rooted in the US

Western New York diocese plans to halve its 160 parishes by June 2025

Families key in evangelizing the next generation of Catholics in China

Chinese Catholics gather in Chicago to discuss the church's challenges in China today

Texas Catholic groups struggle to provide aid after Beryl cuts power to millions

First Nation, Vancouver Archdiocese unveil a 'Sacred Covenant' for reconciliation

Pakistani bishops say they need more help after deadly flooding

Church leaders emphasize need for repentance, atonement for Korean peace

After Marawi, terrorists remain threat in Philippines, officials say

Philippine Christian leaders join to help rebuild Muslim-majority city

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