Illinois

CHICAGO (OSV News) — In Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, St. Adalbert Church, built by Polish immigrants in 1874, has deep significance for generations of parishioners. It was closed in 2019 by …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Former President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president for the third time, while President Joe Biden faced growing discontent within his party about his …

CHICAGO (OSV News) — A permanent pilgrim on the northern National Eucharistic Procession route heading toward Indianapolis for the National Eucharistic Congress in July said at a stop in the …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, said in a recent column that President Joe Biden made “a mockery of our Catholic faith” by making the …

Updated May 1, 2024: adds detail about minister’s Arizona church assignment. (OSV News) — A Methodist minister has sought a blessing on her same-sex union from a priest at a …

(OSV News) — Ahead of Good Friday, a Chicago parish unveiled a statue of Jesus Christ commemorating that city’s victims of gun violence. Some 60 people gathered March 25 outside …

(OSV News) — A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against a new Illinois law, blocking the law’s restrictions on speech that was affecting the state’s 100 pregnancy resource …

What are you reading this weekend? I took a look at my overflowing bookcase this afternoon and realized I need to finish and pass on books — stat. The problem …

CHICAGO (OSV News) — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul released a May 23 report revealing decades of abuse by Catholic clergy against almost 2,000 children. The report, unveiled during a …

CHICAGO (OSV News) — Gretchen Crowe, the editor-in-chief of OSV News, has been elected the new president of the board of the Catholic Media Association (CMA). Serving alongside her as …