On the morning of October 7, 2015 the Shrine of Christ the King in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood was engulfed in flames. Being close by where I live, the Sun Times called me up to see if I could over the blaze.
As one of the few congregations that was still holding a Latin Mass as of 2022, I was reminded of this story because of a recent Chicago Tribune article where I photographed the Latin Mass at St. John Cantius and the story mentioned the Shrine of Christ the King. Given that the anniversary of the fire is just a few short days after writing posting the first story, I figured I’d add a post some photos and video of the fire too.