Pope Leo XIV attended the church and parish school while growing up in nearby Dolton. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) People who gathered outside the abandoned St. Mary of the Assumption on Thursday ...

Pope Leo XIV grew up in the shadow of Home Run Inn and Vito & Nicks, but he also spent more than 20 years living in Peru and ...

Pope Leo XIV, has a patchwork background that speaks to the melting pot that is the United States — and his birthplace, the ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Cardinal Blase Cupich, the top Catholic figure in the Chicago region, is shown at an event for Catholic Charities, the church’s social service arm.

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday noon blessing from the loggia at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, three days after the 69-year-old Chicago-born missionary made history ...

The El Grito festival celebrating Mexican Independence Day will return to Chicago's Grant Park this September. City officials announced the festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 13 and Sunday ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Above the door of the church in the last blocks of Chicago, the Virgin Mary still stands with her arms ...

CHICAGO — Above the door of the church in the last blocks of Chicago, the Virgin Mary still stands with her arms wide open. The double doors beneath the statue’s feet are shut, but a ...

Lovers of Nutella in Chicago are already in luck with the availability ... be exclusively produced at the Ferrero plant in Franklin Park, where Baby Ruth and Butterfinger candy bars are also ...

An Australian quantum startup plans to join the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park. Diraq, which is a Fermilab partner and one of the startups being incubated in a federal government quantum ...