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There was an emotional farewell on Sunday in South Scranton at a longstanding house of worship. A church that has been part of the community for ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is known for his down-to-earth approachability, boldness in standing up for social ...

Lori decided last year to close St. Clare Parish in Essex ... those victories for St. Joseph Parish, a Slovenian church in the Diocese of Joliet, Ill., last year. Hale and Jason Bolte, his ...

The closing of the church on Monee Road in the Will County section of Park Forest, however, seemed imminent last year when the Joliet Diocese undertook a “Targeted Restructuring” process.

The Diocese of Joliet announced it will close four of its churches later this year. The closures are the latest step in the diocese's process of "targeted restructuring." Several other parishes ...

Catholic churches in Carol Stream, Villa Park, Wheaton and Oakbrook Terrace are being closed as part of a restructuring plan announced Thursday by the Joliet Diocese. By July 1, St. Mark in ...

When an archdiocese or diocese wishes to close a parish for what church law ... a historically Slovenian church in Joliet, with three other less thriving parishes. The Dicastery for the Clergy ...

Three closed parishes — St. Barnabas ... reversed a decision from January to close St. Joseph parish in the Diocese of Joliet. St. Joseph will remain open as a Slovenian personal parish instead ...

McGrath could not be reached for comment. But when Krankvich called the Joliet diocese, he said church officials referred him to a priest who was Providence’s new president. “It felt horrible ...