Among the group there are engineers, a tech company founder and two future military chaplains. They range in age from 28 to 56. Most are U.S.-born, but some trace their roots to faraway countries with ...

The American Pope is pointing others to Christ by first attracting them through his relatability — including his love of ...

The Most Rev. Ronald A. Hicks, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, will participate in Mass and an outdoor eucharistic procession at Corpus Christi Catholic Parish in Carol Stream on Sunday, June 9.

The Joliet Diocese once wasone of the epicenters of the crisis that tore apart the church coast to coast. Some of the 19 churches could be closed, ...

The Diocese of Joliet announced that Sacred Heart will close and merge with other congregations as part of a consolidation plan. Long-time members the church’s African-American ministry will get ...

Sixteen parishes in the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, will be reconfigured into seven parishes, with five churches closing, in order to optimize the diocese's resources for its future and ...

CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago Catholic diocese reached a settlement of $1.4 million in a lawsuit filed by three men who alleged they were molested by their priest as children, ...

Group accuses Joliet Diocese of hiding, protecting abusive priests 03:09. CREST HILL, Ill. (CBS) -- Last week, a 696-page report was released detailing child sex abuse committed by Catholic ...

The report said, "The diocese covered up abuse committed by Joliet priests by shifting them off to new parishes without relaying their history of abuse." Burkel is one of 28 survivors abused by Nowak.

Hicks was formally installed Tuesday as the sixth bishop of the diocese during a morning Mass held at the Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet. “I’m excited,” Hicks, 52, said. “I ...

The Diocese of Joliet's 24 chosen Latino Pastoral Leaders Initiative participants were blessed by Bishop Richard Pates in the Cathedral of St. Raymund Nonnatus on Sept. 15.