Crivello on September 1, 1956 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Alton ... (Larry) Haab of Decatur, IL. Along with her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a grandchild in infancy ...

Catholic churches in Carol Stream, Villa Park, Wheaton and Oakbrook Terrace are being closed as part of a restructuring plan ...

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

The latest wave of consolidations in the Diocese of Joliet follows other controversial closings in recent years. While "budgetary issues" are cited as among the factors, church officials refuse to ...

The lawsuit contends that the new policy is spreading fear of raids, thus lowering attendance at worship services and other ...

A Decatur police officer was involved in a wreck with two other vehicles on Saturday evening near the intersection of Danville Road Southwest and Freemont Street Southwest, according to police ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

This church became known as the Coptic church because Copt is the Arabic and Greek word for Egyptian. Before the Moslem invasion in 641 the Copts fell into heresy due to their rejection of the ...

More than 130 people allege they were sexually abused as children while in custody at youth detention centers in Illinois. That's according to the latest lawsuits filed this week by ...

Sunday services, 10 a.m., Presbyterian Church through August. If you know of pastoral care or visit needs, please contact Rev. Gahan 402-870-2738; Food Bank, contact Kathy Burghardt 402-317-8511.

Finally, these four parish churches and one chapel will close effective July 1, 2025, the Diocese of Joliet revealed on Thursday.