The Bloomington priest never thought he'd wind up back in his hometown. Hennessy retired in 2013 after a decade as pastor at ...

Chicago-area motorcyclists rode their bikes to Our Lady of Czestochowa Shrine in Merrillville, Indiana, for a special bike blessing and to ensure safety ahead of this year's riding season.

(WLS) -- Chicago-area motorcyclists rode ... to conduct the Mass and sprinkle holy water on the leather-clad Catholics who fill the church. "That doesn't mean an accident is not going to happen ...

the Cardinal-electors have elected the new Holy Father. He has now assumed the pastoral leadership of the Universal Church." The doors of the church will be decorated in celebratory gold and white ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The faithful filled the pews of Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral on yet another historic morning for the Catholic Church around the world. "In Rome earlier this morning, Pope Leo XIV ...

HENDERSON — On Sunday, the Church of the Holy Innocents honored Vance County’s scholars during a special service. Some 30 students were honored as recipients of Woodward-Gholson Scholarships ...

Andrew Burke-Stevenson for Block Club Chicago RIVERDALE — Preservation Chicago is recommending that St. Mary of the Assumption, Pope Leo XIV’s childhood church, receive landmark status on the heels of ...

The faithful filled the pews of Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral on yet another historic morning for the Catholic Church around the world. "In Rome earlier this morning, Pope Leo XIV was formally ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world ... led the American delegation honoring the Chicago-born Leo. Vance paid his respects at ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes ... Leo, born in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost and ...

WGN-TV Chicago Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV installed as new leader of Catholic Church, gives inaugural Mass at Vatican City Posted: May 18, 2025 | Last updated: May 18, 2025 Pope Leo XIV, history ...

Members of New Life Covenant Church Southeast spent Saturday morning ringing bells on Chicago’s South Side. They welcome over 1,000 people to the church’s annual “Prayer on the 9” rally.