The church's owner hopes the papal link can help efforts to save and reuse the parish buildings on the Far South Side.

The Assumption ... of God, Mary, ever virgin). "Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring." Therefore the Spirit and the Church pray: "Come ...

Mr. Walther is the editor of The Lamp, a Catholic literary journal, and a contributing Opinion writer. To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the ...

Above, a pool of blue light from a stained-glass window illuminates a balcony where the St. Mary of the Assumption Church ... Prevost first served the Catholic Church as an altar boy was covered ...

The 349 "leaders of tomorrow" that received their diplomas during Assumption University's graduation received plenty of food ...

Following the Mass where he took possession of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral of the bishop of Rome, Pope Leo XIV proceeded to the Basilica of St. Mary Major, where the Virgin ...

‘The Rosary of the Virgin Mary ... remains … a prayer of great significance, destined to bring forth a harvest of holiness,’ wrote Pope St. John Paul II in ...

Bishop Ronald Hicks, right, of the Diocese of Joliet on Sunday carries a monstrance prior to entering St. Mary Catholic Church, Paxton, as part of a eucharistic pilgrimage that will extend cross ...

SINGAPORE: The Catholic Church in Singapore on Friday (May 9) celebrated the election of Pope Leo XIV, who succeeds Pope Francis. Robert Francis Prevost is the first pope from the US. He was ...

Each May, the Church ... of Mary. Speaking about Marian piety, Francis reminded the faithful last November: “Our Lady is the mother who leads us by the hand towards Jesus.” For her assumption ...

(Domenico Stinellis/Associated Press) VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope offered a message of ...