1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (228+ words) The Archdiocese of Chicago removed a Little Italy priest accused of "improper and inappropriate conversations and communications" with children and adult women, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, wrote in a Saturday letter. The priest, Rev. Jose Molina, had…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (688+ words) From the moment he took office, Pope Leo XIV became a distinguished proponent of peace, human dignity and concern for disadvantaged people wherever they might be. He was critical of U. S. immigration policy, pointing out that people who had been living…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1176+ words) VATICAN CITY " The Vatican is sending new signals about how it intends to minister to LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Pope Leo XIV era, with signs of openness and limitations after Pope Francis ushered in a notable welcome during his 12-year…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (743+ words) POMPEII, Italy " Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for political leaders to end the "fratricidal hatred" in the world, as he spent the anniversary of his election in the ancient city of Pompeii commemorating a feast day that is particularly important…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1392+ words) Shortly after white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney, the May 8 announcement from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican rocked the world: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost " born in Chicago and raised in south suburban Dolton…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (964+ words) Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025....

1+ week, 11+ min ago  (1828+ words) It was a class reunion like no other. Ten 1969 graduates of St. Mary of the Assumption school on the city's Far South Side traveled to Vatican City to reconnect with a fellow alum whom they now call Holy Father. Pope…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (525+ words) On Holy Thursday, local clergy members offered Communion and got down on their knees to wash the feet of detainees at the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, even as the migrants were handcuffed and shackled during the religious…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (127+ words) Chicago Tribune Amid an ongoing court battle over clergy access to the west suburban ICE facility, Catholic ministers entered the building and, in the traditional Holy Thursday ritual, washed the feet of 14 detainees at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (812+ words) DOUALA, Cameroon " Pope Leo XIV urged Cameroon's young people on Friday to resist the temptation of corruption and instead work to serve the common good as he celebrated a Mass before thousands of people in one of the largest expected…...