VATICAN CITY — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica ... the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church on the second day of their ...

one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. As a result, Prevost had a prominence going into the conclave that few other cardinals have. The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in ...

Paul was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church in Highland, IL. Paul was born and raised in Albers, IL, and graduated from Aviston High School. He lived in Damiansville and New Baden and lived the ...

On Wednesday, May 3, 1950, she married Vincent Henry Ripperda at St. Paul Catholic Church, Highland, IL, who passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. She was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church and ...

She was born on Sunday, September 10, 1933, in Highland, IL, the daughter of Edwin and Olga (nee Keilbach) Weiss. On Wednesday, May 3, 1950, she married Vincent Henry Ripperda at St. Paul Catholic ...

“The former St. Mary of the Assumption building is unique for its connection to the youth of the first American pope, but it ...

The celebration of Pope Leo XIV did not just happen in Italy as Missoula's Catholic community reacted with excitement to the ...

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision ...

Zerkowski had plenty to say because Francis’ writing and teaching had allowed him to start an LGBTQ ministry at Historic St. Paul Catholic Church in downtown Lexington in 2016. A television crew ...

The Catholic Church is not dying from ... He must restore what has been compromised: the Church’s clarity, coherence and courage. Pope John Paul II understood what was at stake.

People who gathered outside the abandoned St. Mary of the Assumption this week mused about what the future might hold for ...

A couple dozen people walked through the open doors of the long-closed St. Mary of the Assumption parish Friday to see where ...