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Former NFL fullback Heath Evans explained how he came to realize he wasn’t living a Christian life when he thought he ...

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

Catholic churches in Carol Stream, Villa Park, Wheaton and Oakbrook Terrace are being closed as part of a restructuring plan ...

Although only four words, it is one of the profoundest statements in the entire Bible: “And they crucified him” (Mark 15:24a) ...

But we want you to know that you can be delivered from the fear of dying. In the book of Hebrews, we are told that Jesus ...

Weekly sermon summaries for local and area churches.

Servant of God Rhoda Wise (1888-1948), a Catholic laywoman, was a wife, mother, and convert from Canton, Ohio. Born to ...

The Book of Ruth is based upon the lives of two women, an older Israelite woman named Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth, a Moabite.

Jesus drew a picture of himself and he sent it to the world so we would know what he looked like,” says Jonah, 7.

The third batch of songs released as part of the Church’s new hymnbook project includes "This Little Light of Mine" and ...

At the start of the new year, I attended a field trip with my Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School nursing class to ...