John Dorsey of Urbana This article originally appeared on Journal Star: Catholic Diocese of Peoria church closings will increase resentment, alienation ...

Pope Leo was elected Thursday on the 2nd day of the conclave. He succeeds Pope Francis, who passed away last month on Easter ...

The Catholic Diocese of Peoria is being sued by a man who claims that a defrocked priest sexually abused him when he was a student and parishioner at St. Vincent ... the Catholic church in the ...

Donahue Jr. on April 20, 1963, at Saint Mark's Catholic Church in Peoria ... Mary Patricia Donahue, all of Peoria, Charles (Tracy) Donahue of St. Charles, IL, and Matthew Donahue of Brookfield ...

The Catholic Diocese of Peoria’s leader calls the election of the first American pope “of great significance for the Church ...