There is a land, not far from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, where no Catholic families are worrying this weekend about parish or school closings. This is not a smattering of exceptions… ...

The Roman Catholic Church put Diocese of Joliet Ronald Hicks in his place, overturning his unpopular decision to merge St. Joseph Church.

Sixteen parishes in the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, will be reconfigured into seven parishes, with five churches closing, in order to optimize the diocese's resources for its future and ...

Vatican slaps down Joliet bishop's efforts to close historic parish in far southwest suburb In rare move, an arm of the Catholic church’s bureaucracy revoked Joliet Bishop Ron Hicks’ closure ...

After a year of planning and weeks of revisions, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati released the final maps for its consolidation of 208 parishes.

Northwest Catholic, the news outlet of the archdiocese, said in a report on Saturday that the merger will see 170 “parishes, missions, and stations” grouped into 60 parish families.

One of Baltimore's oldest Catholic churches will merge with another parish in July 2025, Archbishop Rev. William Lori announced this week.

Catholic parishes and schools will largely be protected from lawsuits, for now, but will have to pay up when a final settlement with survivors is reached.

The Archdiocese of New York is investigating a Catholic parish in Manhattan for hosting an art exhibit called “God is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey.” The exhibit, which “maps the queer ...