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

Historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas debuts his new Chicago Reader column with a look at the city’s Catholic connections beyond ...

There are new beginnings on the corner of 79th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. What used to be a corner associated with ...

St. Sabina Church celebrated Fr. Michael Pfleger's 50 years of priesthood with a "Day of Blessing," reflecting his social ...

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 ...

Chicago's St. Mary's church, connected to Pope Leo XIV's past, captures local interest amid restoration efforts.

The First Church in Oberlin United Church of Christ’s third Community Spring Festival was held May 10. Rollin Conway, a retired pastor from Cleveland who joined the congregation after his ...

Crowds materialized outside Holy Name Cathedral downtown, considered the mother church of Chicago Catholics ... with its intense focus on community: eating together, studying together, sharing ...

This Sunday’s readings offer practical, mystical and spiritual resources that the new pope will have to rely on and remember ...

“Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope,” read the headline. The pageantry of the church and the idea of a man who acts as a voice for God, Nackers says, combine for fertile humorous ground ...