Erik Runge

5 days ago | wgntv.com | Erik Runge |Gabriel Castillo

CHICAGO — Catholics around the world are celebrating the historic appointment of Pope Leo XIV, especially in Chicago, where many feel a close connection to the new leader of the church, who has ties to the city’s South Side. On Friday, Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral on the Near North Side hosted a Mass of Thanksgiving for the election of Pope Leo XIV and there was a sense of joy among those who gathered before and after Mass on the dawn of a new era for Catholics.

1 week ago | wgntv.com | Erik Runge

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, a successor to Pope Francis who died in April at the age of 88. The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a process designed to be both contemplative and free from outside interference.

1 week ago | wgntv.com | Michael Johnson |Erik Runge

Authorities say the second man was found dead several hours after the fatal police shooting, with cuts on his arm and neck, in a room just a few doors down from where officers opened fire. Police have opened a death investigation but aren’t officially saying if the incidents are connected. A police source told WGN-TV, however, that they are connected. The Cook County Medical Examiner has also not yet determined what caused the death of the man found with cuts on his body.

1 week ago | wgntv.com | Erik Runge |Marisa Rodriguez

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1 week ago | yahoo.com | Erik Runge

CHICAGO — Chicago police have arrested a 19-year-old man who they say pulled out a knife and sexually assaulted a woman in the Rogers Park neighborhood. The suspect matches the description of a man wanted in several robberies and sexual assaults dating back to December. Police have not confirmed the connection. According to CPD, a 21-year-old woman was walking in a gangway when she observed a 19-year-old man who pulled out a knife and sexually assaulted her. The man then fled the scene.