Nearly 100 American men and women from the United States are currently being considered for sainthood. And many Catholics ...

The first American canonized by the Roman Catholic Church — just like the first American chosen as pope — once walked among the people of Chicago.

In the seventh century, the Church in Rome adopted the practice of Adoration of the Cross from the Church in Jerusalem, where a fragment of wood believed to be the Lord's cross had been venerated ...

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | About 50 people bid a tearful, final farewell Wednesday to what was left of St. Joseph Catholic Church at a ceremony to open the church's 91-year-old time capsule.

A local historian went to Rome for the first time during the conclave. But he wasn’t expecting ‘that’ kind of history.

Three North Americans are among recent appointees to Vatican dicasteries that address issues of ecumenism and interreligious dialogue.

The Rev. Curtis Lambert — who has “strenuously denied” the allegations, per a letter from Cardinal Blase Cupich — was pulled ...

1896: William Jennings Bryan stepped onto the podium at the Democratic National Convention inside the Chicago Coliseum at ...

A spokesperson for the Village of Dolton, Illinois, said the community is working to have the house named a historical site, ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- A Catholic priest who resigned earlier this summer from his church has admitted stealing more than $1 million from his parish on the city's southwest side, church officials said.

Just because he's on vacation doesn't mean Pope Leo XIV takes a break from his Sunday duties. The pontiff led Mass on Sunday, July 13, at the papal parish of St. Thomas of Villanova in Castel Gandolfo ...

One hundred years ago, in 1925, the Episcopal faith community in and around Valle Crucis laid the foundation for the stone ...