The Trump administration took the unprecedented step of halting work on the next National Climate Assessment last week, dismissing all 400 volunteer scientists who were tasked with writing the new ...

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

Illinois grants $200,000 to ten small nonprofits to support community services like food, housing, and job development, with ...

People in Central Illinois have been pushing the idea of high-speed rail stops since a bill was passed creating a committee ...

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until the explosive sex-abuse scandal exposed by the Boston Globe in 2002 in the ...

We were waiting with bated breath to see what would happen,” the Very Rev. Anthony Benedetto Pizzo said, speaking from Southern Italy, about his old friend being ...

Museums across the Chicago area are offering select free admission days to Illinois residents and beyond for the month of May ...

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

Pope Leo XIV voted in Democratic primaries in 2008 and 2010 and in three Republican primaries in the years that followed, ...

But Pope Leo can only vote if he is a U.S. citizen. Voting as a dual citizen is not uncommon — Pope Leo also holds ...

The Astros placed right-hander Hayden Wesneski on the 15-day injured list on Thursday with right elbow discomfort.