Nonetheless, insists Bishop Joseph Imesch, who heads the diocese of 450,000 Catholics, this is not Camelot. ”Our major difficulty is handling the growth we`re experiencing,” he said.

Joliet bishop tight-lipped on priest sex abuse scandal’s financial impact as plans to close Catholic parishes move ahead Bishop Ronald Hicks might consolidate 16 Joliet-area congregations and ...

The Diocese of Joliet will fork over $4.14 million to the victims, many of whom were preteens when the abuse took place at several different churches during the 1960s through the 1980s, according ...

Bishop Daniel Conlon of the Diocese of Joliet leads a celebratory Mass for Pope Francis at St. Joseph Catholic Church for the St. Joseph Catholic School students on March 14, 2013, in Downers Grove.

The Diocese of Joliet was established in 1948 and serves more than 500,000 Catholics across DuPage, Kankakee, Will, Grundy, ...

The Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, will partner with the nonprofit Leadership Roundtable to train Latino leaders to serve the church in the United States through its new Latino Pastoral Leaders ...

JOLIET, IL — The Catholic Diocese of Joliet announced plans Thursday to allow churches to resume holding Mass as well as offering baptism, reconciliation, weddings and funerals as part of a ...

Standing before parishioners in his historic Joliet church, the Rev. Peter Jankowski said years of internal conflict had brought him to this difficult moment. In an emotional homily, the parish pri… ...