The fundamental Christian message emphasizes compassion, and the Catholic Church over the centuries has played a vital role ...

I truly believe in training kids in the trades. It will be a featured part of the community center I am building right now on the South Side of Chicago.

Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, is the author of the forthcoming book “Unforgiving Places: The ...

The Vatican now reports that the number of people present at the end of Pope Francis' funeral is more than 250,000.

World leaders and global dignitaries, along with tens of thousands of mourners, are arriving in St. Peter's Square.

As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining some 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin ...

Central African Republic’s capital had been torn apart by inter-religious violence leading up to Pope Francis’ 2015 visit, ...

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in Massachusetts could soon have a new commissioner. State education ...

Granny flats and basement dwellings could help with housing affordability, but Chicago’s outdated zoning rules make them ...

Cuts to SNAP would be detrimental to the emergency food system in Illinois, including food pantries and food banks.

Pedro Martinez, the superintendent of Chicago Public Schools, is on track to become Massachusetts's next education ...

The US administration is dismantling USAID's ideological indoctrination programmes abroad while increasing conservative influence at home, particularly in universities, and cracking down on dissent ...