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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...

FILE – Vatican investigators Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, right, from Spain, and Archbishop Charles Scicluna, from Malta, walk outside of the Nunciatura Apostolica during a break from meeting with people who alleged abuse by the Catholic lay group Sodalitium Christianae Vitae in Lima, Peru, on July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Pope expels a bishop and 9 other people from a Peru movement over ‘sadistic’ abuses

By Nicole Winfield

September 25, 2024 at 4:45 p.m.

Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people from a troubled Catholic...

FILE – Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris shake hands before the start of an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

Are Donald Trump and Kamala Harris particularly Christian? That’s not what most Americans say: AP-NORC poll

By HOLLY MEYER

September 22, 2024 at 8:35 a.m.

Few Americans see the presidential candidates as particularly Christian, according to a new survey conducted...

President Donald Trump listens as Russ Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, speaks during an event on "transparency in federal guidance and enforcement" at the White House on Oct. 9, 2019, in Washington. Vought, an alumnus of Wheaton College, is a chief architect of Project 2025. (Evan Vucci/AP)

From Project 2025 to Evangelicals for Harris: How Wheaton College grads are involved in presidential politics

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

September 22, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

With the high-stakes 2024 presidential election looming, alumni and former faculty of Wheaton College are...

Rev. Michael Surufka leads mass in front of a mural commissioned by Phillippino artist Edgardo De Guzman and painted by East chicago artist Felix Maldonado, Jr. at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church in Gary on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

‘Everybody’s welcome’: Gary Catholic church prepares to celebrates its 95th anniversary

By Maya Wilkins

September 18, 2024 at 10:08 a.m.

After growing up at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, Josie Werhowetz-Neiman wanted to...

All Saints Episcopal Church leaders, from left, Susan Cherco, Jane Schenck, Jim Gumina, The Rev. L.D. Wood-Hull and Bob Konold, stand together during a ceremony marking the return of restored bells after a year absence to the church in Western Springs. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Western Springs church gets bells back after a year of silence

By Hank Beckman

September 16, 2024 at 2:27 p.m.

For decades the bells at All Saints Episcopal Church in Western Springs signaled kids it...

Pope Francis interacts with the young people of Scholas Occurrentes at Grha Pemuda Youth Center in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, Pool)

87 and hobbled, Pope Francis goes off-script in Asia and reminds world he can still draw a crowd

By Nicole Winfield

September 15, 2024 at 8:45 a.m.

Four years and a handful of hospitalizations later (for intestinal and pulmonary problems), Pope Francis...

Rabbi Doved Tiechtel, center, leads students in singing while observing Shabbat on Friday evening at the Illini Chabad on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Chapaign campus on Sept. 6, 2024. U. of I. recently entered into a resolution agreement to address antisemitism and discrimination on campus following a four-year investigation, according to the Department of Education. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

University of Illinois campus welcomes new policies to combat antisemitism in wake of federal civil rights complaint

By Sylvan Lebrun

September 9, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

In the wake of a federal complaint, the school will overhaul its anti-discrimination policies and...

Pope Francis arrives at the Holy Trinity Humanistic School in Baro, near Vanimo, Papua New Guinea, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. Pope Francis celebrated the Catholic Church of the peripheries on Sunday as he traveled to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, bringing with him a ton of medicine and toys and a message of love overcoming violence for the people who live there.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope arrives in the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea with a ton of humanitarian aid and toys

By Nicole Winfield

September 8, 2024 at 11:10 a.m.

Pope Francis traveled to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea on Sunday to celebrate...

St. Paul of the Cross Catholic School, 140 S. Northwest Highway in Park Ridge.(Jennifer Johnson/Pioneer Press)

State investigates abuse allegations against priest who served in Park Ridge, Lincoln Park

By Caroline Kubzansky

September 9, 2024 at 5:05 p.m.

The Archdiocese of Chicago has put a priest who served two parishes in the north...

Pope Francis, center, flanked by his spokeperson Maeo Bruni, right, talks to journalists, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, aboard the flight bound to Jakarta, Indonesia, where Francis will start his 12-day pastoral visit to Asia. Francis will clock 32,814 kilometers (20,390 miles) by air during his Sept. 2-13 visit to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore, far surpassing any of his previous 44 foreign trips and notching one of the longest papal trips ever, both in terms of days on the road and distances traveled. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, pool)

Pope Francis has packed first day in Indonesia with visits to president, clergy in test of stamina, health

By Nicole Winfield

September 3, 2024 at 7:28 p.m.

Pope Francis is opening his visit to Indonesia with a packed first day Wednesday, meeting...