The News-Democrat has contacted candidates in municipal races in the April 1 election in O’Fallon, Shiloh and Swansea and asked them to complete a detailed questionnaire.

The lawsuit claims the Peoria Catholic Diocese was negligent and did not have a system in place to prevent the abuse.

A letter from Bishop David Malloy urges Catholics to oppose efforts that would make assisted suicide legal in the state of ...

Catholic Bishop David Malloy of the Diocese of Rockford is calling on Catholics in Illinois to oppose efforts to legalize ...

SPRINGFIELD Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois is celebrating one hundred years of providing ...

This church became known as the Coptic church because Copt is the Arabic and Greek word for Egyptian. Before the Moslem invasion in 641 the Copts fell into heresy due to their rejection of the ...

A lawsuit filed in Peoria County alleges a former priest of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria sexually abused a man over a six ...

A Church sui iuiris is a distinct community of faithful within a rite of the Church. For example, there are 22 eastern Churches sui iuris, made up of two Alexandrian, three Antiochene, one ...

Appointments, ImpactLife; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. March 14, Calvary Baptist Church Welcome Center, 1017 N. School St., Normal; hosted by Calvary Christian Academy ...

If it’s March, and it’s green, it must be St. Patrick’s Day. The day honoring the patron saint of Ireland is a global celebration of Irish heritage. And nowhere is ...

At 6:30 a.m. on Ash Wednesday morning, I stood in line at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Scottsdale, Ariz., to receive ashes on my forehead. Tables were set up outside near the parking lot ...