HAMMOND | A river of mostly Polish Catholic pilgrims, including priests in ankle-length cassocks and baseball caps, flowed down Hohman Avenue Saturday afternoon. Pictures of Pope John Paul II ...

HAMMOND — Edward Gail closed his eyes for a short nap beneath a shaded tree Saturday in Harrison Park, a pair of hiking boots, sunglasses, his backpack and a small book of Polish Catholic ...

New York’s Catholic leaders have denounced President Donald Trump for his artificial intelligence-generated image of himself as the pope, reflecting public outcry about the insensitivity of ...

Or, apparently, to identify yourself as a Catholic cleric. It seems they’ve been wearing the tiny hats more consistently, for longer. I guess the real question is: Why do Jews wear zucchetti?

The personality and outreach of Pope Francis attracted worldwide admiration. Though he did not stray from Catholic doctrine, he connected those teachings to issues such as immigration and climate ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

St. Joseph Catholic Parish will have its Lenten fish fry from 4:30 to 7 p.m., or until sold out, every Friday through April 8 at 9656 Elk Road in Elk. Plates for dine-in or to-go cost $20.

(JTA) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was just elected as Pope Leo XIV, studied under a pioneer in Jewish-Catholic relations when he attended seminary in Chicago. Rev. John T. Pawlikowski ...

Jerzy Bielecki, a Polish Catholic, and Cyla Cybulska, a Jew from eastern Poland whose entire family was murdered by the Nazis, worked together in the camp’s grain silo. “Amidst the horrors of ...

The Catholic bishop of a New Jersey diocese said he would no longer oppose a state grand jury investigation of clergy sexual abuse that the church has been fighting behind closed doors in court ...

About 100 bishops participated in the unprecedented ceremony, led by the head of the Catholic church in Poland, Cardinal Jozef Glemp. Polish Catholic leaders expressed hope that what was termed an ...

VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a ...