It is not important to be perfect, but it is necessary to be credible,” the pope said in his homily at the Mass in St.

Father Carlos Martins, a member of the Companions of the Cross religious community, distributes Communion during a special Mass celebrated in honor of St. Jude the Apostle at St. Jude Church in Mastic ...

Hicks, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, will participate in Mass and ... substance”), when at the consecration of the Mass, the priest says the words which Christ Himself pronounced over bread ...

Reducing the number of parishes was deemed a necessity by the diocese because of increasing costs and decreasing parishioners and priests. St. Bernard Catholic Church, 1301 Sterling Ave., Joliet on ...

He also mentioned Father John Regan, a priest of the Diocese of Joliet, who pled guilty in 2011 to stealing $300,000 from an Illinois parish, and was assigned to another Joliet parish the next ...

In 2019, the Diocese of Oakland released a list of more than 60 priests who have been “credibly accused” of sexually abusing children. Attorneys for the diocese signaled Tuesday their ...

SNAP says abusive clerics are still being protected or hidden in the Diocese of Joliet. They are calling for all the abusive priests' names to be shared and posted publicly. Of course, we brought ...

Corbino was placed on restricted ministry in 2012 by the Joliet Diocese and barred from having unsupervised interactions with children before he became a part-time volunteer chaplain at Central ...

The report, issued by Attorney General Kwame Raoul, identified 69 "credibly accused" Joliet area priests or brothers, eight more than what the diocese lists on its website. But could there be even ...

As a diocese, we will continue to dedicate significant resources to protecting children, preventing abuse and promoting healing.” A seal for the Diocese of Joliet is seen at the diocesan offices in ...

David Rudofski and Eddie Burkel had never met before Tuesday, but both men are survivors of sexual abuse by different priests in the Joliet diocese. "As an adult I've learned how it affects you ...