Diocese of Belleville

Belleville Bishop Michael McGovern will be the sixth archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska. McGovern has been the leader of the Catholic Diocese of Belleville, which covers the southern third of Illinois, since 2020.

“I believe in Catholic education,” Bishop Michael McGovern said. “Of all the different ministries we have, I think education is something we’ve done very well, especially in the United States.”

Notre Dame Academy in Belleville and St. Ann in Nashville, Illinois will both close at the end of the school year, citing declining enrollments.

Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School in East St. Louis is one of hundreds of private schools in Illinois that could see a financial boost from the state’s…

An attorney whose client got a $6.3 million payout in a case against a southwestern Illinois diocese says that diocese has settled three more lawsuits…

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In an update to a story we've been following and told you more about earlier this morning:A nine-year legal fight by a man sexually abused by a priest in…

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An attorney for a man sexually abused by a southwestern Illinois priest says his client soon will receive $6.3 million related to a lawsuit the man won…

A southern Illinois appeals court has refused to overturn a $5 million jury award against the Diocese of Belleville to a former altar boy who claimed he…