Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound ...

Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire Thursday night at a vacant church in Rochester. The roof of the church collapsed while firefighters battled the blaze, said Lt. Jackeline Sierra of the Rochester ...

The ICE guidance had been in place since 2011. Indeed, immigrants have long used churches in Chicago to seek refuge. The movement dates back to the sanctuary movement in the 1980s, when liberal ...

CHICAGO — Elizabeth ... out policies that limited immigration arrests at sensitive locations, such as churches, schools and hospitals, a ripple of fear spread across the migrant community ...

"It's just devastating" The Catholic school is known for its diversity and the services it provides to families in need. While the church will continue to provide services and programs, people in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra Union Pacific West trains were stopped, after a train hit a vehicle in Melrose Park Thursday evening, the commuter rail said. Metra said in a post on X just after 5 p.m ...

St. Thomas will assist its 145 students in finding another Catholic school, while teachers and staff will receive priority for open positions within the Archdiocese of Chicago, Janczak wrote.

“Going after parents at a school board meeting has got to stop,” Bondi said, adding that investigations “for practicing your religion” and “sending informants into Catholic churches ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 15, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

Jeffrey Grob, an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago, has been named as the new archbishop of Milwaukee. Grob, 63, succeeds the Rev. Jerome Listecki, who gave his notice of retirement ...

Since July, the Rev. Ryan Brady has made his home at St. Christina Roman Catholic Church by serving its congregation as pastor, and after recently being named chaplain of the Chicago Fire Department ...