Bishop Edward K. Braxton spoke about love to the couples who attended an annual liturgy June 5 at the cathedral in Belleville.

Bishop Edward K. Braxton celebrated one of the liturgies at the Catholic Media Conference this year, held in St. Louis June 1-3.

The clock is about to run out on the Illinois budget for FY2016. At the beginning of the fiscal year, this seemed like a glitch that would be fixed within days or weeks when politicians could meet and hammer out a compromise.