Hundreds of Catholics jammed churches in Seneca, Utica and La Salle as the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage made its way into Peoria Diocese.

Don't miss our top stories and need-to-know news everyday in your inbox. BELLEVILLE — The College of Consultors of the Catholic Diocese of Belleville elected Very Reverend Godfrey Mullen, OSB ...

Gregory, a native of Chicago, served as the seventh bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Belleville from 1993 to 2004. During his tenure locally, he was elected president of the U.S. Conference of ...

Among the 133 cardinals assembling in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel Wednesday morning to elect a new leader of the Roman Catholic Church are 10 Americans and one former bishop of the Diocese of ...

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That’s more than any nation except Italy, home to 17 of the electors who will gather Wednesday for ...

His obituary posted on the Belleville Diocese’s website does not include a cause of death ... counselor and principal at Mater Dei Catholic High School in Breese. Among his survivors are two sisters, ...

April 25 at 5:15 p.m. Bishop Michael McGovern with the Catholic Diocese of Belleville, representing southern Illinois, posted a statement on Instagram. “With hearts full of gratitude ...

THE 60 YEAR OLD COMES FROM THE DIOCESE OF BELLEVILLE IN ILLINOIS ... The Church in Omaha has a great reputation for supporting Catholic education, including many parochial schools, high schools ...

In 2022, the Diocese of Belleville announced it would sell the ... assisting families seeking a Catholic education, and providing programs for our youth,” McGovern said about the decision ...

The archdiocese has 67 Catholic schools across 23 counties ... Cupich installed McGovern as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Belleville. Prior to his consecration and installation as bishop ...

He also helped found the Catholic retirement village in Olathe ... Pope John Paul II appointed Keleher the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Belleville, Illinois, in 1984. He served there until ...

In January, the Diocese of Belleville announced it would be closing two Catholic schools in the metro-east at the end of the school year — Notre Dame Academy in Belleville and St. Ann Grade ...