Parents rally behind gay Catholic teacher who lost his job at St. Francis Xavier ...

The Sisters of St. Joseph were originally based in New York state, had set up several schools there, and had come to the La Grange area with the intention of doing the same here. But another group had ...

When the Rev. Matthew Baum attended Johnstown’s Juneteenth activities recently, he was on a multi-layered mission. Baum, rector at St. John Gualbert Cathedral and St. Patrick Catholic Church, both in ...

Norah Kettmann and Mary Clare Bean, graduates of Xavier High School’s Class of 2022, are now entering their senior year at ...

A bus tour centered around Pope Leo XIV’s upbringing will soon traverse the Chicago area, and tickets are already on sale.

Officials in Dolton, Ill., called the purchase a rare opportunity. But some residents questioned whether the village, ...

Gregg had served as executive regional minister of the American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago for seven years.

The church was a "spiritual and community anchor" for Blacks who came to Chicago during the Great Migration, according to the ...

A village in Chicago’s south suburbs is poised to purchase Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home after its board voted unanimously on ...

As you approach Aldie on Route 50, a church spire gradually rises above the newly built housing complexes and data centers.

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

Perhaps the most touching friendship that Ignatius had was with his best friend, St. Francis Xavier. These two were close since college so it must have been heartbreaking to part ways when St. Francis ...