Some church observers say the Baltimore archdiocese is violating a Vatican order by not fully reopening a church it closed ...

The election of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, as the new pontiff has delighted Catholics and ...

Bishop Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet echoed ... something that hits close to home for McGrath, who is a Jesuit priest. "As a Jesuit, he brought to the leadership of the church, he brought a ...

At St. Raphael’s off Modaff Road, Deacon Leonard Penkala prepared the church for mourning ... a remembrance Mass to be held by the Diocese of Joliet — which includes DuPage, Kendall, Will ...

leader of the Diocese of Joliet, said in a written statement. “Pope Francis will long be remembered for his outreach to those on the margins of the Church and of society,” Hicks stated. Bishop Ronald ...

Ann Kilgast drove from Elmhurst with her mother to the Mass at the cathedral, which serves as the seat of the Diocese of Joliet. “I deeply loved Pope Francis,” Kilgast said. “I felt that he brought me ...

The Rev. Andy Matijevic has some impressive bragging rights. “I told the future pope what to do,” Matijevic quipped. It was ...

In a statement to The Times Wednesday, the diocese said Bishop Robert McClory accepted a recommendation from parishioners and ...

A group of parishioners who have begun a fight to save their historical church from closure have said they are "a network ...