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

St. Mary of the Assumption, the church that served as the pope’s base, has been closed for years now. CHICAGO — Pope Leo XIV ...

The Archdiocese of Louisville celebrated the new pope with a large mass. Over 200 parishioners gathered to embrace their new ...

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is a singular ... Therefore the Spirit and the Church pray: "Come, Lord Jesus," since his coming will deliver us from the Evil One. 2177 The Sunday celebration ...

The Assumption had been a part of the Church's spiritual and doctrinal patrimony for centuries. It had been part of theological reflection but also of the liturgy and was part of the sense of the ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost in Chicago, became the first American pope in 2025. He began his religious life at St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Dolton, Illinois, where he served as an altar ...

“During one visit at the Church of the Assumption, Bishop Dennis Sullivan announced that Tommy Piro would be joining the seminary and attending Saint Andrew’s Seminary at Seton Hall University,” Debra ...

Members of the Greek Orthodox Church believe that the Virgin Mary’s body and soul were taken up to heaven after her death. This event is known as the Assumption or Dormition of the Virgin Mary. The ...

The Church of the Assumption in Penang successfully raised enough funds to restore its almost-decade old pipe organ. It is regularly played and I am told now that there has been an influx of people ...

The Rev. David Sizemore, pastor at St. Francis de Sales, told parishioners he will leave to become pastor at Church of the ...