The church's owner hopes the papal link can help efforts to save and reuse the parish buildings on the Far South Side.

What is not generally known is that Washington played a role as a founding father of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and cemetery ... s importance in the history and development of the United ...

Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

Born amid revolution, Eugène de Mazenod found his purpose at the foot of the Cross — and went on to become a bishop, founder ...

A long-forgotten stained-glass window, once thought lost to time, is now illuminating Immaculate Conception Church once again ...

A historic preservation organization is lobbying to have the childhood church of Pope Leo XIV designated as a Chicago ...

Church in East Chicago is one of the oldest Catholic churches in Northwest Indiana, dating back to 1902, but will soon close ...

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood church closed years ago.

Father Edward J. Bresnahan will be pastor of St. Leo the Great Church in Fairfax, effective June 26.

WFMY News 2 spoke to a youth group at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Greensboro. The group tells us they got to see Pope Francis during World Youth Day in 2023. The retreat took place in Portugal ...

The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s hot-button issues remain unclear, he has signaled continuity with his ...