State Rep. Martin McLaughlin wants a statue of the new pope at the Illinois statehouse, paid for in part with a commemorative ...

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When stains had to be cleaned from a mosaic that once decorated a lavish pleasure vessel from the first century, they were not remnants from the debauched revelries that the murderous and sex-crazed ...

In Chicago, whether it’s architecture or Catholicism, we do ordinary very well. It’s one reason we now call Pope Leo XIV our ...

Treasure Island brims with rich history, from its creation from the Bay shoals in 1937 to its dazzling Expo, its wartime past ...

Nearly 60 works from the famed Torlonia Collection are on view in Chicago.

By Ephrat Livni Billionaire art collectors rarely ... Mr. Geffen, in turn, bought the sculpture last year while it was on loan to the Giacometti Institute in Paris. But early this year, Mr ...

And in October 2022, an American tourist visiting the Vatican became enraged after he was denied an audience with Pope Francis, smashing two ancient Roman statues in an angry fit. That tourist, who ...

Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago roots inspire viral videos imagining his introduction with the iconic Michael Jordan-era Bulls theme. Following the death of Pope Francis in late April, the Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church ...

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