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 ...

A downtown Joliet Catholic church that served the city's Italian population for many decades, St. Anthony's was closed last ...

It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church ... on liturgy developed by St. James for the Antiochaian church, but modified by St. Basil ...

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One study, conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago and the University of ... God's commandments and the law of the Church. St. Paul lists this sin - technically called "fornication ...

NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF FEB. 11, 2005 The $1 million project to construct a centralized sewage system for the city of Cedar Mills has raised a a big stink. Citizens are furious at the ...

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Catholic churches in Carol Stream, Villa Park, Wheaton and Oakbrook Terrace are being closed as part of a restructuring plan announced Thursday by the Joliet Diocese. By July 1, St. Mark in Wheaton ...

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On this day in Chicago history, an infamous event unfolded on North Side that's reverberated for almost a century and has become an inextricable part of the city's identity to this day.