MERCER COUNTY — People said, “It was tough to watch” when the steeple of a historic Catholic church collapsed from a fire ...

Photos show smoke and flames pouring from St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Maria Stein. Mercer County dispatchers ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Several foundations have donated $1.5 million to help rebuild after arson gutted a historic Black ...

Thick smoke could be seen from miles away as flames consumed St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Maria Stein.

Above, a pool of blue light from a stained-glass window illuminates a balcony where the St. Mary of the Assumption Church choir — including a young boy who would later become the first American ...

Donation Options Search Search Search St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church in Riverdale is Pope Leo XIV’s old childhood church. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share The parish ...

In this 2021 file photo, Father Mike Sergi blesses the new elementary school addition at St. Gerard Catholic School. The Redemptorists have announced that they are withdrawing from assigning ...

He’s very real, having come from Chicago and ministered at ground zero,” said Veld, gesturing to the now-closed St. Mary of the Assumption church. “Talk about humble roots.” Inside St ...

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 ...

She died in 1990, after decades of service to St. Mary’s Church. The street where Prevost grew up, just off Indiana Avenue in Dolton, is lined with small brick cottages similar to the one in ...

Catholics across the region celebrated the historic announcement Thursday that the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the church was born and raised in the Chicago area and marveled ...