Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks, 58, who was born in Harvey and raised in South Holland, has led the Diocese of Joliet since ...

This undated photograph shows a young Pope Francis, then Jorge Bergoglio, with his family. Back row, from left: his brother ...

The past calendar year has seen Katy Perry shooting off to space, the ubiquity of a fluffy gremlin doll and a mind-boggling ...

In his papal bull proclaiming the Jubilee Year, the late Pope Francis emphasized the theme of hope, a much-needed virtue in a ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan will be replaced as head of the Archdiocese of New York in the coming days, multiple news reports ...

If the church approaches women’s discernment with condescension instead of curiosity, it risks undermining the process of ...

What, in 2025, was contemporary art’s relationship to a world of changing – and radicalising – spiritual cultures?

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

Pope Leo’s updates to the Vatican labor code attempt to streamline a Curia under pressure, from pension woes to a dwindling ...

Having a designated international correspondent can be a boon for any cable-news operation. At Fox News Channel, Trey Yingst has become an expected presence on screen when conflict breaks out around ...

Lebanon needed this embrace.” The words went out over a social media platform, made more poignant for the accompanying image ...

Archduke of Austria Eduard Habsburg, who served as Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See since 2015, described his post as ...