Notre Dame Cathedral, its air thick with the smell of incense, on Sunday hosted its first Mass since the catastrophic fire of 2019, a moment that transcends religious significance to become a powerful symbol of Paris’ resilience.
By 7:30 a.m., about a dozen horse trailers had pulled into Dam No. 1 Woods, a forest preserve located along the Des Plaines River.
With three resounding knocks on its doors by Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, wielding a specially designed crosier carved from fire-scorched beams, the monument roared back to life Saturday evening.
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, writer Rebecca Makkai, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee, a professional Santa and more dish on their gift-giving tips and traditions.
After more than five years of frenetic, but sometimes interrupted, reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral showed itself anew to the world Friday, with rebuilt soaring ceilings and creamy good-as-new stonework erasing somber memories of its devastating fire in 2019.
A tour of a Saint Jude Thaddeus relic was canceled after an unspecified incident regarding a priest and students was reported in Joliet.
The move ought to send a chill down the spine of every person who cares about free speech and free expression, writes Heidi Stevens.
Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies, simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside the Vatican in keeping with his wishes.
Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide, according to excerpts released Sunday from an upcoming new book ahead of the pontiff’s jubilee year.
The Rev. Matthew DeBlock, former principal of St. Edward Central Catholic High School in Elgin and one-time vicar at parishes in Elgin, West Dundee and Gilberts, is being investigated for sexual misconduct with a minor while he worked at a high school in Rockford.