Diocese of Peoria

Central Illinois native Fulton Sheen is now "Blessed," and as the first American-born bishop to be beatified, has a clear path to sainthood.

St. Mary's Church in El Paso will host a watch party for the Sept. 24 ceremony in the same parish hall where Sheen was baptized.

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, an El Paso native who attended high school in Peoria, is receiving attention from the worldwide Catholic church. Sheen, who was also ordained and served in Peoria, will be beatified at a mass on Sept. 24 in St. Louis.

Peoria-area native Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is on track toward sainthood once again, the Diocese of Peoria announced Monday.

The former St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Peoria’s East Bluff neighborhood soon will be home to a new ministry. Centerpoint Community Church Pastor Brian Russell hopes to carry St. Bernard’s spiritual legacy forward.

An advocacy group for survivors of clergy sexual abuse is demanding action from Catholic Diocese of Peoria Bishop Louis Tylka.

A lawsuit filed in Peoria County alleges a former priest of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria sexually abused a man over a six- year period starting in the late 90’s.

The Catholic Diocese of Peoria is presenting to the public a possible roadmap for consolidating and restructuring parishes.

St. Jude Catholic School in Peoria is closed for the next two weeks following a COVID-19 outbreak.

While Peoria’s wet and windy weather Thursday necessitated some minor changes in plans, it did not dampen a midday celebration honoring the legacy of…