We took a tour to check it out. Our docent was Steve Gersten, a retired trader and architecture buff. Here's what we learned.

Alton embraces its reputation as “one of America’s most haunted small towns” with various ghost tours exploring reportedly haunted locations while sharing tales of past residents who apparently ...

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“The former St. Mary of the Assumption building is unique for its connection to the youth of the first American pope, but it ...

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The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

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The childhood home of Pope Leo XIV in Dolton, a community just outside the city limits of Chicago, was up for sale last week.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Bronzeville and raised in the south suburbs, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.