Chicago Landmarks panel approves grant for restoration, and Ald. Anthony Beale says he won’t block its approval in the City ...

A $1.2 million grant to restore the aged 92-foot bell tower of Pullman’s historic Greenstone United Methodist Church was unanimously approved Thursday by the Commission of Chicago Landmarks.

Pope Leo XIV attended the church and parish school while growing up in nearby Dolton. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) People who gathered outside the abandoned St. Mary of the Assumption on Thursday ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Above the door of the church in the last blocks of Chicago, the Virgin Mary still stands with her arms ...

three days after the 69-year-old Chicago-born missionary made history as the first American elected to lead the Catholic Church. Known as the Angelus blessing, Pope Leo — the former Robert ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — For the first time in the over 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, an American Cardinal was elected as Pope, and not only is the new Pope American, he’s a Chicagoan ...

More than a dozen members of a suburban Chicago church happened to get a surprisingly close look at the selection process for Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV. Read more here. The first new flavor ...

Never in the history of the Roman Catholic Church has there been an American pope, until now. Cardinal Robert Prevost is originally from Chicago, and served as the head of the church's Dicastery ...