The Illinois General Assembly passed a $55.2 billion dollar budget for 2026. It includes a boost for public schools, but not as much as the State Board of Education had hoped for. Samantha Smylie, ...

Kids in Kalamazoo will get another opportunity to play street hockey this summer. (June 5, 2025) ...

At a time when fewer people say they are practicing Catholics, church leaders are hoping an American pope may turn that ...

Recently uncovered genealogical records reveal that the Pope’s grandfather, born Salvatore Riggitano in Sicily, arrived in ...

It’s time once again to dive into another round of quick takes on the people, places and events that were being talked about ...

The Chicago suburb where Pope Leo XIV grew up has taken steps to acquire his humble childhood home before the property can be sold off to the highest bidder at a planned auction. Pope Leo, who was ...

Pope Leo XIV blessed the 159 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia as the three-week race’s final stage began with an ...

Rate Field will host a unique Mass to honor U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV, a White Sox fan, with tickets on sale for $5.

News that the global Catholic Church would get its first U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholic students at Princeton and ...