BRIDGEPORT -- As candlelight vigils go, the one outside St. Raphael Roman Catholic Church Saturday night had a muted feel. Parishioners were angry with Bishop William Lori's decision to close their ...

BAY VILLAGE, Ohio -- Parishioners at St. Raphael Catholic Church will celebrate the construction of a new church that will double worship space, as they say goodbye to a building filled with memories.

While the church worship space will be replaced, the church plans to reuse the current altar, crucifix and stained glass windows, incorporating them into the new building. The new community room also ...

St. Raphael Catholic Church in Naperville recently announced that Father Chris Lankford has been appointed by Bishop Ronald Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet to serve the parish community. Father Chris ...

Sept. 29 is the universal feast day of archangels Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. This year it also marks the second anniversary of the cornerstone blessing of St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic ...

A Naperville Catholic church has agreed to open its doors to an unconventional speaker during Lent — a self-proclaimed reformed mobster. The idea to invite Michael Franzese to Raphael Catholic Church ...

Dozens gathered outside St. Raphael Catholic Church Tuesday to watch crews place a new, 10-foot gold leaf cross on top of the church tower. The new cross replaces the more than 120-year-old copper ...

Monsignor Francis J. Smith, who was well known as the pastor of St. Raphael Parish for 29 years before retiring in 2015, died Friday morning. Smith, 85, died at his home, according to the El Paso ...