Catholic Charities uses Cozen O'Connor for state government lobbying. So does Rush University Medical Center, which performs ...

Chicagoans celebrated the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the U.S. and a Chicago native, with joy and ...

Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV calls for global peace and references conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza during his first Sunday ...

People who gathered outside the abandoned St. Mary of the Assumption this week mused about what the future might hold for ...

The church's owner hopes the papal link can help efforts to save and reuse the parish buildings on the Far South Side.

Pope John Paul II arrived in the U.S. on Monday, Oct. 1, 1979 — touching down in Boston, and stopping in New York, ...

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

After a series of closures by the Chicago Archdiocese, Christ Our Savior Church in South Holland has bragging rights as Pope ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City Thursday as the world gathered to watch a new pope take ...

Chicago’s South Side was solidly working class during Pope Leo’s childhood, said Rob Paral, a researcher at the Great Cities ...

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...