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Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where doctors expect to remove a lung nodule. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Who’s in charge when the pope is unconscious and unable to govern?

By Associated Press

October 13, 2026 at 7:04 a.m.

Who runs the Catholic Church when the pope is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to...

A mosaic of Pope Leo XIV is displayed inside a shop selling religious items near St. Peter’s Square, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV arrives at hospital ahead of surgery to remove lung nodule

By Nicole Winfield

October 13, 2026 at 7:32 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Tuesday ahead of surgery later...

A volunteer walks past signs for migrants alerting them to free social services at the Migrant Center in Forest Park. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

Years later, migrants bused into Oak Park area still living in limbo

By Jesse Wright

October 13, 2026 at 5:05 a.m.

The border crisis landed in Chicago around Christmas in 2023. Shipped up from Texas, migrants...

Bishop Robert J. McClory confers a blessing upon the congregation for pilgrims and travelers during the Eucharistic Congress Commissioning mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Chesterton on Monday. (Kyle Telechan for the Post-Tribune)

NWI Catholics head to Indy to revive tradition, deepen faith

By Carole Carlson

July 16, 2024 at 1:36 p.m.

More than 500 people from the Diocese of Gary are among thousands attending the National...

Rouen Cathedral in Rouen, France. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Fire breaks out in the spire of the medieval cathedral in the French city of Rouen

By Associated Press

July 11, 2024 at 7:00 a.m.

French authorities say a fire broke out Thursday on the spire of the medieval cathedral...

The late Bishop Kevin Birmingham was recognized with a newly renovated school lunchroom dedicated in his name recently at St. Patricia Parish in Hickory Hills. (Melinda Moore/Daily Southtown)

Religion roundup: St. Patricia lunchroom dedicated to late Bishop Birmingham, more

By Melinda Moore

July 10, 2024 at 3:40 p.m.

What's going on at your church? Let us know by sending us an email at...

Phil Caffee, director of music and liturgy at St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish in Oak Lawn, performs during “The One,” a 10-week elimination-style singing competition at 115 Bourbon Street in Merrionette Park. He won this year’s contest. (Natalia Caffee)

Religion roundup: Music director wins singing contest, Greek fest set, more

By Melinda Moore

July 6, 2024 at 10:55 a.m.

What's going on at your church? Let us know by sending us an email at...

The crucifix is moved out of St. Bernadette’s Church June 30, 2024, to be delivered across town. (Jesse Wright/for the Daily Southtown)

St. Bernadette’s Church celebrates final Mass, relocates crucifix to Queen of Martyrs

By Jesse Wright

June 30, 2024 at 5:48 p.m.

A final Mass was held Sunday at St. Bernadette in Evergreen Park, as the parish...

The Rev. Britt Cox, 39, left, and Jessica Hager, 38, walk in their backyard with their 1-year-old daughter, Luca, at their Evanston home on June 27, 2024. Cox serves as executive pastor at First United Methodist Church in Evanston. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Shifting church policies toward same-sex couples lead to internal conflicts, defections and an apology

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

July 2, 2024 at 2:22 p.m.

Although gay marriages and LGBTQ ordinations have long taken place in Methodist churches in the...

The third volume of the Joseph Smith papers, which includes the printer's manuscript of the Book of Mormon is shown following a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Today in History: Mormon leader Joseph Smith killed in Illinois

By Associated Press

June 27, 2024 at 4:00 a.m.

On June 27, 1844, Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by...

This image provided by The Episcopal Church shows Episcopal Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania Bishop Sean Rowe in his official 2024 church photo. (The Episcopal Church via AP)

Pennsylvania bishop Sean Rowe elected new leader of Episcopal Church. He’s the youngest since 1789

By Peter Smith

June 26, 2024 at 4:12 p.m.

Sean Rowe, a 49-year-old bishop from western Pennsylvania, on Wednesday became the youngest person ever...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court is pictured in the state Capitol building in Oklahoma City, May 19, 2014. The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, June 25, 2024, that the approval of the nation's first state-funded Catholic charter school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School, is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school blocked by Oklahoma Supreme Court

By Associated Press

June 25, 2024 at 3:28 p.m.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped what would have been the first publicly funded...

FILE – Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, June 17, 2024. More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said Sunday, June 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Over 1,300 pilgrims died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, officials say

By Samy Magdy

June 23, 2024 at 2:29 p.m.

More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the...