A new book suggests Chicago-born Richard Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of ...

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Two groundbreaking exhibitions in Chicago explore the shift in portrayals of same-sex attraction. They are being staged at a ...

A man died after he was found with multiple stab wounds in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood early Tuesday morning, according ...

Multiple baseball players with Illinois connections were selected in the 2025 MLB draft. Here’s a look at which teams drafted ...

Immigrant children who crossed the border without a parent or guardian are increasingly in the crosshairs of the Trump ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his crosier as he celebrates Mass “for the care of creation” on the grounds of the Borgo Laudato Si’ ...

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Small specialty stores offer communities hard-to-find items that are often imported, but now loyal customers and shop owners face challenges because of President Trump’s new round of tariffs.

"I've made things [for him] in the past when he was a bishop in Peru. He was here about a year and a half ago ... House of ...