CHICAGO — Above the door of the church in the last blocks of Chicago, the Virgin Mary still stands with her arms wide open. The double doors beneath the statue’s feet are shut, but a ...

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks approved a $1.2 million grant for restoration of the bell tower. The vast majority of the 143-year-old church needs repairs, church leaders said.

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 ...

It was also unexpected to see a cardinal from Chicago sit in the Chair of St. Peter ... a certain missionary creativity at a time when the Church is facing — at least in Europe and parts of North ...

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.

CHICAGO — Pope Leo XIV, the first North American pope in history, grew up attending church and school at St. Mary of the Assumption Parish on Chicago’s far south side, in Dolton, Illinois. That church ...

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times File Share A $1.2 million grant to restore the aged 92-foot bell tower of Pullman ... Church was unanimously approved Thursday by the Commission of Chicago Landmarks.

Prevost's first religious gig saw him work as an altar boy at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, just outside the far South Side of Chicago. He completed his secondary studies at St. Augustine ...

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 ...