Two firefighters suffered minor injuries. There was no Holy Saturday Mass scheduled, but church members were there earlier in the afternoon preparing for Easter Sunday. The pews would have been ...

"It's been an unbelievable week, obviously, for all of us," said Mark Duffey, who was ordained as a deacon at St. Thomas of Villanova Parish in Palatine.

An open-topped popemobile carrying Pope Leo XIV drove through St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday morning, ahead of ...

Crucifixes are unveiled after the Good Friday ceremonies and all other images just before the Easter vigil Mass on Holy Saturday. On Holy Thursday, the Catholic Church celebrates a special Mass of ...

On Saturday starting 5:15 p.m., Holy Name Cathedral hosted a Mass to commemorate the life of Pope Francis. Parishioners also paid their respects as their 9 a.m. Saturday Mass got underway.

Parishioners continued their prayers for the Holy Father during Saturday morning Mass. "How fortunate we were that he was a part of our lifetime. We had Pope Francis to be a role model for us ...