As I look back, I am so glad I lived through the pre-Vatican II church ... after Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council. I was blessed to have Jesuit instructors at St. Peter ...

Then, on Oct. 28, the Church will commemorate the 60th anniversary ... not the least of which is the person and history of Pope St. John XXIII. This is a story worth knowing and telling.

While ambiguities and difficulties in the relationship between Jews and Catholics persist, the Second Vatican Council’s ...

Catholic churches in Carol Stream, Villa Park, Wheaton and Oakbrook Terrace are being closed as part of a restructuring plan announced Thursday by the Joliet Diocese. By July 1, St. Mark in Wheaton ...

A downtown Joliet Catholic church that served the city's Italian population for many decades, St. Anthony's was closed last ...

St. John Bosco (1815-1888 ... young people into blindly following the rules. Catholic schools, supported by the examples upheld in the domestic church, form saints who desire to seek union ...

Champion High School National Honor Society students are hosting a cash and toy drive during the month of March to benefit ...

The 64-year-old Yan Pei-Ming is a contemporary artist who has been living in France since 1981. He is known for his “epic-sized” portraits of figures such as Chairman Mao, St. Pope John Paul II, Bruce ...

The Autobiography by Pope Francis (Translated from Italian by Richard Dixon); Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church by Philip Shenon ...

“In the crisis John XXIII uses his enormous diplomatic talents,” church historian Alberto Melloni told The Associated Press. “He knows he cannot press the Catholic Kennedy, and that he ...

Even though we still have plenty of winter left, Canal Winchester officials are busy planning a popular spring event.