The latest wave of consolidations in the Diocese of Joliet follows other controversial closings in recent years. While "budgetary issues" are cited as among the factors, church officials refuse to ...

Finally, these four parish churches and one chapel will close effective July 1, 2025, the Diocese of Joliet revealed on ...

The Diocese of Joliet released the third and final phase of its “targeted restructuring” plan on Thursday, detailing the ...

During his 45 years of priesthood, Msgr. Chimiak held a wide range of roles. His service as a chaplain extended beyond the ...

The Diocese of Joliet on Thursday announced additional Catholic church closings or mergers, set to take effect July 1. The ...

Their evangelization efforts were so great in Church history that Pope John Paul II named Sts. Cyril and Methodius the patron ...

Frustrated with the absence of positive representations of Black people in art, John Wilson responded by providing images of Black dignity while addressing the painful realities of racial prejudice.

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the Dioceses of Sioux City, Iowa, and Norwich, Connecticut, all received new appointments.

So this week, on February 11, when the Vatican published a letter from the pope to US bishops warning that Trump’s mass ...

A scholar of religion and migration writes about the long-standing tensions among Christians regarding their moral ...

By The Diocese of Sioux City and The Catholic Messenger Pope Francis has appointed Father John Edward Keehner Jr. ...Read ...