St. Athanasius wrote of Holy Mass, more than 1,600 years ago ... We do not display it in shadows; we approach it in reality." The First Eucharistic Prayer expresses this great truth, when ...

Across Chicago, Sunday churchgoers returned to pews still stunned and elated about the election of a native of the city’s South Side to the papacy.

Pope Francis delegated Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, a retired Vatican official who oversaw the Holy See’s management of real estate and investments until 2018, to preside over the Mass on April 17.

Holy Family Cathedral held a Mass of Thanksgiving downtown Friday night. Friday's mass was about thanking God for the new pope. Attendees say Pope Leo XIV has the character needed for the Catholic ...

People receive Communion during a memorial Mass for Pope Francis on April 23, 2025, at Holy Name Cathedral. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) The Rev. Patti Nakai, a retired minister from the ...