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"There were boiler issues. There were roof issues. There were plumbing issues. There were air conditioning issues," said ...

By Mollee Francisco  These are two birthday cakes you don’t want to stand too close to when all the candles are lit. Two of the town’s oldest organized churches celebrate 150 years in ...

The asking price for the Diocese of Joliet property was $1.75 million, according to Karges Realty. The property includes more ...

Like just about everything else, places of worship across the state have found ways to navigate a new normal in 2020. Per Gov. Tim Walz’s March 23 stay-at-home order, Minnesota churches were ...

Planning well, keeping in mind the layout of your church or chapel, will be key to providing a liturgy that is free from distractions for the congregation. These rubrics and planning tips will help.

The Catholic Church has indeed emerged as one of the largest government ... because it appears to be at odds with what the American Catholic congregation broadly supports. Within the pews, there’s ...

Trump’s executive order permits federal agents to arrest undocumented immigrants in formerly off-limit spaces such as ...

Some 300 miles and change northwest of Spokane sits the Canadian city of Kamloops. Keep driving 172 miles farther northwest ...