Kat Renfroe was at Mass when she saw a volunteer opportunity in the bulletin. Her Catholic parish was looking for tutors for ...

Decision season starts Thursday for the Supreme Court, kicking off a race against the clock to release this term’s opinions ...

Catholic leaders will be participating in a pilgrimage through the Diocese of Peoria, stopping in Bloomington on Tuesday, May 20.

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

When Pope John Paul II visited Chicago in 1979, an estimated 1.5 million people flocked to see the Holy Father, who said a ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has this in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy: He’s been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse have arisen against priests ...

"We never would have suspected that he was going to be a priest, let alone a bishop or cardinal or the Pope. Not in a million ...

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois issued more comments with excitement on Thursday, May 8 ...

Elms College religious studies professor Michael McGravey called Pope Leo the XIV's election an "unprecedented" moment in the ...

Bishop William Byrne of the Diocese of Springfield is expected to deliver remarks on Thursday’s election of Pope Leo XIV.