You would have thought Jesus himself were visiting our house on Thursday, May 8, as our children hopped around with excitement at the news of the white smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel. I hadn’t ...

The Holy Father asked for the intercession of Our Lady, Queen of Peace before praying his first Angelus in the square in Latin and urging his listeners to pray for the end of conflicts in different ...

Celebrations for the first American pope continued around the Chicago area in churches and schools and homes Friday. Friday morning at Holy Name Cathedral, parishioners filled the pews for a Mass of ...

As the world prepares to bid farewell to Pope Francis with a funeral at the Vatican, Catholics across the globe, including in Oklahoma, are reflecting on his legacy and looking ahead to the selection ...

UPDATE: Bishop Douglas Deshotel has released the following statement as we mourn the passing of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, who died on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in ...

Pope Francis, the Argentinian pontiff who died at the age of 88 last month, was laid to rest at Rome's Santa Maria Maggiore on April 26. With this, the Vatican Conclave is all set to gather to elect a ...

When Pope John Paul II visited Chicago in 1979, an estimated 1.5 million people flocked to see the Holy Father, who said a three-hour Mass in Grant Park. This newspaper called it "the largest crowd ...

See Holy Father’s reply to an emotional child who wanted to know if his atheist father is in heaven. The head of the Roman Catholic church had an emotional moment with the kid during a visit to a ...

VATICAN CITY — Gazing at the lavish Italian-style gardens and intricate topiaries of the pope’s vast summer estate just outside of Rome, a local priest who immigrated to Waukegan from Mexico as a ...