Uncertainty remains over when redevelopment will begin for Norfolk’s Young Terrace and Calvert Square neighborhoods.

Those entering the church couldn’t help but stop and stare. They were drawn to the beautiful statue of Mary, Mother of Fairest Love, her face so serene as she nestles the baby Jesus, her love flowing ...

Assumption has more than 2,100 registered parishioners, Field said that in the summer the church has 13 masses, including one at St. Ann’s that is offered in Spanish.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The last Mass at St. Mary of the Assumption took place in the summer of 2011. It has sat vacant ever since. But preservationists say they hope its connection to Pope Leo XIV as ...

A drone view May 9, 2025, shows St. Mary of the Assumption Church at the very southern edge of Chicago, where Pope Leo XIV attended Mass with his family while he was growing up. The church, vacant ...

Chicago's St. Mary's church, connected to Pope Leo XIV's past, captures local interest amid restoration efforts.

People who gathered outside the abandoned St. Mary of the Assumption on Thursday mused about what the future might hold for Pope Leo XIV’s childhood church, given its new significance.

People who gathered outside the abandoned St. Mary of the Assumption on Thursday mused about what the future might hold for Pope Leo XIV’s childhood church, given its new significance.

Can Pope Leo XIV's boyhood church — St. Mary of the Assumption — be saved ? The church’s owner hopes the papal link can help efforts to save and reuse the parish buildings on the Far South Side.

A couple dozen people walked through the open doors of the long-closed St. Mary of the Assumption parish Friday to see where Pope Leo XIV once attended church and "probably where he first felt God ...

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 ...