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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...

Felicia Chase, chair of the St. Sabina Family Parish Council, speaks as she and dozens of supporters gather at the church on July 17, 2026, to show their support for the Rev. Michael Pfleger amid sexual abuse allegations. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

St. Sabina congregation calls for speedy finish in Michael Pfleger investigation

By Sam Charles

July 17, 2026 at 3:45 p.m.

Dozens of parishioners from St. Sabina Church in Auburn Gresham gathered Friday morning to call...

A “Greetings from Chicago” postcard in the Curt Teich Postcard Archives Collection at the Newberry Library in Chicago. (Newberry Library)

Illinois 250: What the state has uniquely contributed to the nation — and the world

By Kori Rumore

July 13, 2026 at 9:15 a.m.

The Tribune is taking a look back at what the Chicago area and the state...

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, second from left, listens to testimony during a public hearing of the Human Rights, Anti-Authoritarianism, Reparatory, and Restorative Truth Telling Commission at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago on Jan. 21, 2026, to document and mitigate human-rights harms tied to federal raids. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Archdiocese: St. Sabina’s Father Michael Pfleger removed amid sexual abuse investigation

By Evgenia Anastasakos

July 13, 2026 at 3:18 p.m.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger has been removed from St. Sabina Church as it investigates an...

Congregation Sukkat Shalom in Wilmette installed Allison Tick Brill as its first female permanent senior rabbi July 1. The Reform Jewish synagogue emphasizes integrating interfaith families and diverse congregants. (Congregation Sukkat Shalom)

Wilmette synagogue appoints first woman as permanent senior rabbi

By Claire Murphy

July 12, 2026 at 7:29 a.m.

Wilmette’s Reform Jewish congregation, Sukkat Shalom, has installed its first female permanent rabbi, Allison Tick...

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Today in History: John Calvin born

By Associated Press

July 10, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On July 10, 1509, theologian John Calvin, a key figure of the Protestant Reformation, was...

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini in an undated photo. (The National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini)

Today in Chicago History: ‘Mother’ Cabrini becomes 1st American canonized by the Roman Catholic Church

By Kori Rumore

July 7, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 7, according...

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate Mass in Lampedusa, Sicily, southern Italy, Saturday, July 4, 2026, during a one-day pastoral visit to the Sicilian island that has come to symbolize the dramatic odyssey of migrants trying to reach Europe by sea. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo goes on vacation after decisive flexing of papal muscle on international and church stage

By Nicole Winfield

July 5, 2026 at 9:20 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV began a summer vacation on Sunday, capping a whirlwind finale to the...

Argentina players celebrate their third goal against Cape Verde during a World Cup Round of 32 match Friday, July 3, 2026, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (Lynne Sladky/AP)

Column: World Cup fever, Leo XIV’s pope cave, LeBron’s decision and other takeaways from the sports world

By Paul Sullivan

July 5, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Takeaways from the sports week, including World Cup fever, all-time Cardinals-hating Cubs and a new...

A Saturday Mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Kaskaskia, Illinois, on May 23, 2026. The parish was founded by Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette in 1675. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

In Kaskaskia, first capital of Illinois, all that’s left is a church and the congregation keeping it alive

By Andrew Carter

July 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Believers persevere to honor Kaskaskia's role as explorer outpost, Revolution battleground, state capital and Mississippi...

Surviving family members and loved ones affected by suicide visit the 20-foot Ascending Doves sculpture in the “At Peace” memorial at Queen of Heaven Cemetery on June 26, 2026, in Hillside. The memorial was organized by the Archdiocese of Chicago. They are the first archdiocese in the United States to create a memorial in a Catholic cemetery for survivors and lives lost to suicide. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

‘Sense of peace’: Archdiocese cemetery unveils memorial for suicide loss survivors, the first Catholic tribute of its kind in the nation

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

July 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The memorial at Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery serves as a physical testament to church’s...