A downtown Joliet Catholic church that served the city's Italian population for many decades, St. Anthony's was closed last ...

The Vatican decided to restore the ancient practice of permanent deacons after the Second Vatican Council in 1967 but ...

Deacon John Bartos says the Saint Patrick Church fish fry is the latest step back in the parish's renaissance.

The latest wave of consolidations in the Diocese of Joliet follows other controversial closings in recent years. While "budgetary issues" are cited as among the factors, church officials refuse to ...

For members of St. John AME Church in Hampstead, it is a special place to worship and hope that will continue for many more years. The church was founded in 1886 and moved to its current location in ...

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the complicated life of Catholic kitsch ...

It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church ... by far the largest rite in the Church. It was founded by St. Peter in Rome around 42 A.D ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently ... For instance, St. Basil in a letter to Bishop Amphilochius (374) clearly pronounces the Church’s teaching: "A woman who has deliberately destroyed ...

Aiden Ur (5) of St. Thomas Aquinas is called for a charge against Matt McSorley (10) of Colonia during the GMC boys ...

During a Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church that has the theme “Pilgrims of Hope,” the archdiocese’s 2025 Annual Catholic ...

73.7 x 61 cm. (29 x 24 in.) ...