Reports that the new leader of the Catholic Church has mixed African ancestry offer a fascinating antidote to President Trump’s attacks on diversity in America.

“The pope is not your friend. He is not going to sit down and have a beer with you,” he says. “If you think the pope is your ...

To check that this trend was not just an immediate post-invasion blip, we conducted the surveys again in September 2024 and ...

During her life, her Christ Universal Temple was the largest church congregation in Chicago and the largest church in the world headed by a Black woman.

There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.

A perfect day for golf at round 2 of the state championship! Proud of @LNEagleGolf for finishing 7th in the state! And ...

Although the owner of Pope Leo XIV’s boyhood home in south suburban Dolton has announced plans to auction the house in mid-June, village leaders in the south suburb have decided to pursue acquiring ...

"He’s the one who gave me permission” to stay at a Hyde Park monastery in 2000, former priest James M. Ray told the Chicago ...

Six in 10 adults living in the United States today identify as Christian, according to Pew Research Center’s Religious ...

In an effort to cut government spending, House Republicans proposed Medicaid cuts to go in President Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill." ...

The senior catcher and future Grand Rapids Community College Raider swung a hot bat all week, going 13 for 22 at the plate ...

As action continues to heat up, check out our Players of the Week for the week of May 13-19. Rico turned in another big week ...