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FILE – Military Services Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks during a press conference at a plenary assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

By Associated Press

October 12, 2026 at 1:17 p.m.

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church’s pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S....

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo will be admitted to hospital Tuesday for lung nodule surgery, Vatican says

By Nicole Winfield

October 12, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

The Vatican said Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to the hospital on Tuesday in...

Lorena Lopez, left, and Jacqueline Ramirez-Lopez participate in Mass at Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in the Loop on Oct. 3, 2026. After Mass, Cardinal Blase Cupich blessed a delegation, including Ramirez-Lopez, that is traveling to Rome to meet with Pope Leo. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Chicago clergy set to visit Pope Leo to advocate for immigrant detainees: ‘This is a mission from Christ’

By Laura Rodríguez Presa

October 12, 2026 at 1:27 p.m.

The Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership are scheduled to make a pilgrimage to Rome...

Evangeline Herff, 2, looks back at her family while standing near the Nativity scene in Daley Plaza in the Loop on Dec. 16, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Illinois group puts up Nativity scenes around nation

By Peter Breen

December 24, 2024 at 1:44 p.m.

Despite some misconceptions, private groups can put up Nativity scenes on public property as an...

Zoe Sundstrom sings a hymn at a Blue Christmas service to offer solace for worshippers during the holiday season at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Glenview on Dec. 18, 2024. Blue Christmas events are often held on or around the winter solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year, often a time of reflection and a reminder that brighter times are ahead. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

‘We are not alone’: Local ‘Blue Christmas’ services offer solace for those who grieve, struggle during the holidays

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

December 23, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Churches across the Chicago area have been hosting "Blue Christmas" services to offer solace for...

Sharon Liberman Mintz, Sotheby’s Judaica Specialist, Books & Manuscripts, discusses the oldest complete tablet of the Ten Commandments, weighing 115-pounds and approximately 1,500 years old, that is displayed at Sotheby’s, in New York, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, where it is to be offered for auction in a single lot sale, Dec, 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sells for over $5M

By Associated Press

December 18, 2024 at 4:07 p.m.

The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for more than $5...

Right, Rev. Anthony Castello offers communion for Simbang Gabi 2024 on Dec. 16, 2024 at Saints Peter and Lambert Parish (St. Peter Chapel) in Skokie. (Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

Filipino Catholics celebrate with Simbang Gabi leading up to Christmas

By Karie Angell Luc

December 17, 2024 at 11:36 a.m.

Simbáng Gabi, a Filipino Christmas tradition, is being celebrated in the Catholic community through Monday,...

Parents watch a Little League baseball game July 1, 2019 at Keystone Park in River Forest. The River Forest Park Board recently deferred action on a proposal that would allow the Dominican University softball team to use ballfield in the park for practices and home games. (Steve Schering/Pioneer Press)

Park pact with Dominican University for softball team postponed in River Forest

By Bob Skolnik

December 16, 2024 at 1:57 p.m.

The River Forest Park Board deferred action on a deal with Dominican University allowing its...

Pope Francis delivers the Angelus prayer inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Ajaccio on the occasion of his one-day visit in the French island of Corsica, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis makes 1st papal visit to France’s Corsica awash in expressions of popular piety

By Associated Press

December 15, 2024 at 11:04 a.m.

Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on...

Spectators gather outside France’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 in Paris for it’s formal reopening for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

The spiritual heart of Paris awakens: Notre Dame hosts first Mass since 2019 fire

By Thomas Adamson

December 8, 2024 at 9:02 a.m.

Notre Dame Cathedral, its air thick with the smell of incense, on Sunday hosted its...

Jose Trujillo’s horse with Our Lady of Guadalupe on its fur before the Archdiocese of Chicago’s 13th Annual Horseback Pilgrimage in Honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Dam No. 1 Woods Forest Preserve in Wheeling on Dec. 7, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Hundreds make horseback pilgrimage to Marian shrine in Des Plaines

By Peter Breen

December 8, 2024 at 12:52 p.m.

By 7:30 a.m., about a dozen horse trailers had pulled into Dam No. 1 Woods,...

FILE – People stand outside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, on Nov. 29 2024. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool Photo via AP, File)

An archbishop’s knock formally restores Notre Dame to life as winds howl and heads of state look on

By Thomas Adamson

December 7, 2024 at 12:57 p.m.

With three resounding knocks on its doors by Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, wielding a specially...

Andre Russell as Dreezy Claus greets Valerie, 3, and Olena Tsilora on Nov. 24, 2024, during the Millennium Park Holiday Market. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

How to holiday shop like a professional Santa, Maria Pappas and the Chicago Fed president

By Talia Soglin

December 5, 2024 at 1:02 p.m.

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, writer Rebecca Makkai, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee, Joffrey dancers...