Frank Lloyd Wright houses are more than just the output of one creative mind—they are the blueprint for so much of American ...

Pope Leo’s childhood church, St. Mary of the Assumption on Chicago’s south side, is in a state of disrepair and in danger of ...

Pope Leo XIV attended the church and parish school while growing up in nearby Dolton. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) People who gathered outside the abandoned St. Mary of the Assumption on Thursday ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Cardinal Blase Cupich, the top Catholic figure in the Chicago region, is shown at an event for Catholic Charities, the church’s social service arm.

More than a dozen members of the Gary Memorial United Methodist Church in Wheaton already traveling in Rome witnessed papal ...

Crowds materialized outside Holy Name Cathedral downtown, considered the mother church of Chicago Catholics, and workers hung yellow and white bunting over the arched doorway. Across the country ...

People who gathered outside the abandoned St. Mary of the Assumption this week mused about what the future might hold for ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Above the door of the church in the last blocks of Chicago, the Virgin Mary still stands with her arms ...

the European-dominated College of Cardinals has had reservations about choosing a cardinal from the U.S. for fear of too much American influence in the church. Born in Chicago, Illinois ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — For the first time in the over 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, an American Cardinal was elected as Pope, and not only is the new Pope American, he’s a Chicagoan ...

Before ascending to lead the Roman Catholic Church, Leo spent his childhood in Chicago’s South Side, where his family was beloved. He later spent two decades carrying out missionary work in Peru ...