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‘We have a pope’
Algonquin man pleads guilty but mentally ill By SARAH SUTSCHEK ssutschek@shawmedia.com
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Pope Francis waves to the crowd Wednesday from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the name of Francis, is the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
Locals react with happiness and hope to announcement By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com Catholics from St. Peter’s Square to the Woodstock Square celebrated as a cardinal took to a Vatican balcony Wednesday to say those two Latin words: “Habemus papam,” or “We have a pope.”
According to research from the Association of Religion Data Archives, more than 60 percent of McHenry County residents who identify themselves as adhering to a particular faith say they are Roman Catholics.
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New pope, Jorge Bergoglio, faces challenges By NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press VATICAN CITY – Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Francis, associating himself with the humble 13th-century Italian preacher
who lived a life of poverty. Looking stunned, Francis shyly waved to the crowd of more than 100,000 people who packed a rain-soaked St. Peter’s Square for the announcement, marveling that the cardinals needed to look to “the end of the earth” to find a bishop of Rome. In choosing a 76-year-old pope, the
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Paola La Rocca celebrates after hearing on the speakers at the Metropolitan Cathedral that Buenos Aires’ Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio was chosen as Pope in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
About Jorge Bergoglio n 76-year-old archbishop of Buenos
Aires n First pope elected from the Americas, and the first from the Jesuit order n Considers social outreach essential to church teachings n Humble, known for riding the bus to work and cooking his own meals
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The four men running for three trustee spots gave their visions for the village at a candidate forum Wednesday. Trustees Robert Smith, Jerry Glogowski and Brian Dianis and challenger Richard Flynn spoke about taxes, the village budget, downtown revitalization and red-light cameras at the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Chamber of Commerce event. For more, see page B1.
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ST. CHARLES – An Algonquin teen who shot and killed his father in 2010 has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill to second-degree murder. David W. Szalonek, now 19, was 16 when he shot 51-yearold Brian Szalonek in the head with a shotgun on Feb. 8, 2010, in their home on Westbourne Parkway. The plea deal was accepted Wednesday in Kane County Court by Judge James Hallock. A psychiatrist diagnosed David Szalonek David W. with Asperg- Szalonek er’s syndrome, which is a form of autism, and depression. About six months before the shooting, Szalonek had been hospitalized in a psychiatric facility. Kane County Assistant State’s Attorney Pam Monaco said David Szalonek told police that he and his father had argued for several hours the day of the shooting and his father hit him a couple of times. “The defendant had been very angry at his father that day,” Monaco said. “Very angry ... around 6 o’clock that evening, the defendant decided he would kill his father.” The elder Szalonek had been sleeping in a bedroom when his son entered and turned on the light “so the victim would see him,” Monaco said. “The defendant pointed the shotgun at his father, cocked the hammer, and the victim saw his son, the defendant, point the shotgun at him,” she said.