More suburban Catholic congregations are slated for closure, merger by Bishop Ron Hicks
The latest wave of consolidations in the Diocese of Joliet follows other controversial closings in recent years. While "budgetary issues" are cited as among the factors, church officials refuse to ...
National Catholic Reporter17h
As spirituality adapts outside traditional settings, the church faces a crucial moment
The human quest for transcendence and meaning has not disappeared with modernity, but has adapted to the evolving cultural ...
National Catholic Register10h
The Shrine of St. Valentine: Sacramental Marriage and Love ‘at the Heart of the Church’
The Carmelite church at Whitefriar Street in Dublin is an unlikely but popular pilgrimage site for couples, who can venerate ...
Audacy on MSN4h
Joliet Diocese announces significant consolidation
Closures and mergers are coming in July to a number of parishes and worship sites in the Joliet Catholic Diocese. The move ...
Johnston approves compromise with Eternity Church over tower spelling out 'Jesus'
Eternity Church, which plans to open this summer at an old movie theater, wanted a 65-foot steeple facing the interstate. See what Johnston approved.
The Boston Pilot18h
15 couples convalidate marriages in cathedral ceremony
Fifteen married couples fully entered the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony by having their marriages convalidated in a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Feb. 8, the second day of Wor ...