As a teenager, Peter Achermann left war-torn Europe and made a fresh start in the U.S. He had written he hoped for a peaceful ...

St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, Reading, is presenting a gala on Sunday, Feb. 23, to raise funds for community programs and honor local leaders and organizations. The event will be held in the ...

Catholic churches in Carol Stream, Villa Park, Wheaton and Oakbrook Terrace are being closed as part of a restructuring plan announced Thursday by the Joliet Diocese. By July 1, St. Mark in Wheaton ...

Award-winning media veteran Ray Martin, who has quietly sold his Waverton home of 35 years, has bought in nearby Cammeray.

A Virginia Catholic bishop says the desecration of the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday points to a larger ...

LEADER — On Friday, July 24, 2009, Peter Achermann left his Leader home to pick up groceries and his wife's medications in ...

The Vatican's charity voiced outrage Monday at what it called the "reckless" and "unhuman" U.S. plans to gut USAID ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday added the Sept. 5 feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta to the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar as an ...

Amanda Walsh is determined to make all students at Playford International College proud to come to school. She only started her new role as principal of the northern suburbs school two weeks ago but ...

Members of St. Andrew Orthodox Church of Lyndora braved cold winds and icy roads Sunday, Feb. 9, to witness the annual ...

The Diocese of Joliet on Thursday announced additional Catholic church closings or mergers, set to take effect July 1. The latest round impacts southern Will County, Grundy County and DuPage County ...

Cardinal Michael Czerny ... millions to dehumanizing poverty or even death.” Catholic Relief Services — the U.S. Catholic Church’s primary aid agency and one of USAID’s recipients ...