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Pope Leo XIV greets participants in an audience with the Jesus Youth International Conference in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo will meet with survivors of clergy abuse during upcoming Latin America trip, Vatican says

By Associated Press

October 27, 2026 at 11:50 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV will meet with survivors of clergy sexual abuse during his upcoming trip...

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican confirms Pope Leo’s Latin America trip after post-surgery checkup

By Associated Press

October 26, 2026 at 12:25 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV will proceed with his planned Nov. 6-17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and...

The Rev. Ken Fleck presides over Mass at St. George in Tinley Park to help celebrate his 50th anniversary as a priest June 7, 2026. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown)

Longtime priest Kenneth Fleck from St. George in Tinley Park cleared and reinstated after allegations

By Evy Lewis

October 26, 2026 at 3:26 p.m.

The Rev. Kenneth Fleck was cleared of allegations of child sexual abuse and reinstated, the...

Families who used South Chicago Chapel and Bohemian National Cemetery to handle the remains of deceased loved ones gather outside the closed funeral home for a vigil Aug. 30, 2026, in the South Deering neighborhood. Over 50 decomposing bodies were discovered earlier in the month at the funeral home and cemetery. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Maggots, rat feces and a body in a bathroom: Records detail decrepit conditions at South Side funeral home

By Olivia Olander

September 2, 2026 at 4:21 p.m.

On Aug. 3, state investigators inspecting the notorious South Chicago Chapel were confronted with an...

Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care and Wally’s Hearth are teaming up for the first Telling the Bees Fest: a Chicagoland Deathcare Education & Resource Festival on Sept. 12 in North Riverside. Gus Noble, Chicago Scots and Caledonia president, talks with Wally’s Hearth board member Nancy Betker, center, and Tiffany Johnson, executive director and co-founder of Wally’s Hearth, on Caledonia’s grounds. (Caledonia Senior Living)

Deathcare Education Festival aims to connect people so ‘nobody goes through the big moments alone’

By Melinda Moore

September 1, 2026 at 5:03 a.m.

Telling the Bees Fest: a Chicagoland Deathcare Education & Resource Festival is a joint effort...

Camel rides and photo opportunities with a backdrop of the Great Pyramids are among the activities featured at the Taste of Egypt Festival, Sept. 12-13 at St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, 15 W 455 79th St. in Burr Ridge. (Taste of Egypt Festival)

Taste of Egypt offers a glimpse of ancient culture in Burr Ridge

By Myrna Petlicki

August 28, 2026 at 5:08 a.m.

The Taste of Egypt Festival is Sept. 12-13 at St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, 15 W...

Surrounded by supporters outside St. Sabina Church, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, center, celebrates being reinstated on Aug. 26, 2026, after an allegation of sexual abuse dating back to the 1990s was deemed not credible. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Reinstated St. Sabina pastor challenges archdiocese child abuse investigation process: ‘It’s broken’

By Allison Kiehl

August 26, 2026 at 5:58 p.m.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger formally announced his reinstatement to Auburn Gresham’s St. Sabina Church on...

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, center, greets people during a “peace walk” on West 79th Street in Chicago on June 5, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Rev. Michael Pfleger reinstated to St. Sabina Church following child abuse investigation

By Allison Kiehl

August 25, 2026 at 5:29 p.m.

After a monthlong investigation, the Rev. Michael Pfleger has been reinstated as the head of...

Longtime Hinsdale resident Betty Bauer celebrates her 98th birthday two years ago. Bauer turns 100 on Thursday and will celebrate this time in the home she and her husband had built in Hinsdale 65 years ago. (Bauer family)

Hinsdale’s newest centenarian looks back on a ‘very nice community in which to build a life’

By Chuck Fieldman

August 25, 2026 at 5:02 a.m.

Betty Bauer and her husband, Bob, moved from Hegewisch to Hinsdale 65 years ago to...

Pope Leo XIV, center, flanked by Captains Regent Alice Mina, left, and Vladimiro Selva, waves to faithful from the balcony of Palazzo Pubblico (City Hall) during his visit to San Marino, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo calls for dialogue over conflict, says young Catholics are a sign of hope

By Giada Zampano

August 22, 2026 at 4:16 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV has used a visit to San Marino and a major Catholic gathering...

Tom Hitcho, a longtime friend of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, is the first person to sit next to the newly unveiled statue of the nun at Loyola University Chicago on Aug. 21, 2026. She died last year at age 106.(Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Sister Jean statue unveiled at Loyola University: ‘A lasting reminder’

By Rebecca Johnson

August 21, 2026 at 4:24 p.m.

Loyola marks the beginning of a new academic year by commemorating beloved Rambler and international...

The Rev. Maurice Kissane (Archdiocese of Chicago)

Rev. Maurice J. Kissane, former Oak Lawn, La Grange and Riverdale pastor, dies at 88

By Evy Lewis

August 21, 2026 at 2:52 p.m.

The Rev. Maurice J. Kissane, an Oak Park native and pastor emeritus of Queen of...

The 2026 cast of the prize-winning play “Beyond the Door,” features, from left, Jasmine Nelson, Nikkia Douglas and Rita Wicks. (Karl Ray)

Former addict puts ‘a seed of hope’ on stage in ‘Beyond the Door’

By Myrna Petlicki

August 18, 2026 at 5:22 a.m.

Lansing resident Denise Jones turned her fight against addiction into a book and award-winning play...