Tag: Chicago
Police investigate bomb threat at home of Pope Leo XIV’s brother,...
CHICAGO -- The police chief of a southwest suburb of Chicago, where one of Pope Leo XIV's brothers lives, confirmed to OSV News that...
Chicago Catholics embrace ‘Leo effect’ one year into Pope Leo XIV’s...
CHICAGO -- A year into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV is still enjoying popularity and rockstar-like fame, especially in Chicago, his hometown. Beyond the...
Class reunion, Vatican version: Childhood classmates from Chicago’s South Side reunite...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Once a young teenager wearing a cap and gown for his eighth-grade graduation photo in Chicago, today the famous former-student...
Statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini to replace Columbus monument in...
CHICAGO -- A statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint, will be put in a public park on Chicago's Near West...
Father Gary Graf’s 50-day trek on foot to New York City...
CHICAGO -- A Chicago-area priest is on a mission to highlight the plight of families upended by the current mass deportation efforts in the...
Here are all the bishops speaking out against Cardinal Cupich U.S....
Ten U.S. bishops have now spoken out against Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich's decision to present Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., a "Lifetime Achievement Award"...
Pope Leo XIV’s vocation took root in childhood; never ‘a doubt...
CHICAGO -- As Pope Leo XIV neared his 70th birthday Sept. 14, those closest to the American-born pontiff said they knew, very early on,...
Pope Leo wears Chicago-made vestments to July 9 ‘care of creation’...
Vestments worn by Pope Leo XIV and his concelebrants July 9 at the first Mass "for the care of creation" were made by a...
A few of Pope Leo XIV’s Windy City favorites include Chicago-style...
CHICAGO -- "In honor of Pope Leo XIV, I'm going to have a thin crust pizza," said Augustinian seminarian Brother Nathan Fernandes, a former...
Pope Leo XIV’s high school classmates knew him simply as ‘Bob’
DETROIT -- The new Roman pontiff -- the vicar of Christ on earth -- attended high school in western Michigan.
For Catholics from the Great...