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.

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 ...

On Friday, Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral on the Near North Side hosted a Mass of Thanksgiving for the election of Pope Leo XIV and there was a sense of joy among those who gathered before and ...

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 ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich led a memorial mass on Wednesday to mourn the death ... he was very deeply in touch with the reality that the risen Lord is acting and leading the church in our ...

TULSA, Okla. — Holy Family Cathedral in downtown Tulsa held a Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Leo XIV. "This evening we celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving and really celebration in honor of our ...

Pope Francis wished a "Happy Palm Sunday and Happy Holy Week" to the faithful gathered in Saint Peter's Square following the conclusion of a mass presided over by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri on his ...

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 ...

Traveling for Holy Week? Trying to find opportunities for confession and adoration? Or returning to Mass and yearning to reconnect with the Lord on Easter Sunday? Chances are your search will lead ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — As the world prepares to say goodbye to Pope Francis, parishioners in Providence came together Friday for a special mass in celebration of the late Pontiff's life and ...