Closures and mergers are coming in July to a number of parishes and worship sites in the Joliet Catholic Diocese. The move ...

Catholic churches in Carol Stream, Villa Park, Wheaton and Oakbrook Terrace are being closed as part of a restructuring plan ...

The No. 6 Tennessee Lady Vols suffered a disappointing opening night loss to No. 19 Nebraska on Thursday, but bounced back ...

A second person has died after a car plunged into a creek in Lemont Wednesday morning, the Will County Sheriff's Office said.

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Vatican II was the series of 1960s church meetings that modernized the Catholic Church by allowing Mass in the vernacular rather than Latin and revolutionizing the church’s relations with Jews.

Vice President JD Vance blasted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemnation of the Trump administration's recent actions on immigration, saying the church might be more concerned with ...

Authorities investigating a sharply disputed incident at a talk given at an Illinois Catholic church by Father Carlos Martins have filed a misdemeanor battery charge against the well-known ...

The Catholic bishops of Arizona in December argued that raids at “sensitive locations” like churches would violate basic human rights, including religious freedom and the right to family unity ...

Pajanor is the CEO of Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego. He says churches and schools are considered sanctuary locations and this new directive creates fear in the community. "This is more ...