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

After a series of closures by the Chicago Archdiocese, Christ Our Savior Church in South Holland has bragging rights as Pope ...

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 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 ...

A once-abandoned church on a Far South Side corner has gotten the world's attention with news that Pope Leo XIV spent his formative years there.

HERE IN LOUISVILLE TONIGHT AT THE CATHEDRAL OF THE ASSUMPTION, THE FAITHFUL HERE ... EARLIER TODAY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH RELEASED DETAILS OF THE PONTIFF’S FUNERAL. HIS REMAINS ARE CURRENTLY ...

In Covington, Bishop John Iffert has instructed pastors to toll church bells for 10 minutes beginning at 3 p.m. on Monday. The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, as well as other churches ...

Francis Winiarski, a volunteer at Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located on Amherst Street, stole a total of $10,699 from the church between Aug. 1, 2023 and March 3 ...

Between August 1, 2023, and March 3, 2024, while volunteering at the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Amherst Street, Winiarski stole over $10,000. The district attorney's ...

He said that on the very first visit with 'Father C' at the Assumption Church in Syracuse, the priest sexually assaulted him. The assaults would continue, he said, throughout the summer.

According to the Erie County District Attorney, Winiarski had stolen a sum of money from Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Amherst Street between August 1, 2023 and March 3 ...

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 ...