Mary Norkol

4 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Mary Norkol

As Angel Bueno and the rest of the demolition crew cut through a bank vault to make it easier to maneuver, the door began to slip. Soon, his left leg was pinned beneath hundreds of pounds of metal. “I saw it coming, but it was already too late for me to react,” the 25-year-old said, recalling the September accident. “You’d think I would be screaming, but it was such a shock.”Men from Bueno’s construction crew pulled him out from under the door and called 911.

5 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Mary Norkol

The Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park is expecting an influx of applications thanks to one very famous alumnus. Robert Francis Prevost, who was raised in suburban Dolton and graduated from the school in 1982, was elected pope of the Catholic Church on Thursday. “We could not contain our excitement,” said Ferdinand Okorie, the school’s vice president and academic dean.

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Mary Norkol

Maggie Losek would do anything to hear the clink of her wine glass against her best friend’s one more time. What was once routine became the thing Losek missed most. Jillian Flynn died in November, following a battle with breast cancer. Even though she can’t pour two glasses and settle on the couch with Flynn anymore, Losek has a new way of keeping her close. She got a tattoo of Flynn etched on her arm, goofily staring down the camera in sunglasses and a visor.

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Mary Norkol

Share Chicago-area Catholics are celebrating the news that South Side-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the first U.S.-born Pope. Dawn Ribnek, a Catholic born and raised in Chicago, made a pilgrimage to suburban Dolton to visit the pope’s childhood home to honor him. “When I heard the news that our new pope Leo was elected and he was from Chicago ...

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Mary Norkol

When staff and students at the Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park heard on Thursday that white smoke was emitting from the Sistine Chapel, indicating the election of a new pope, they scurried to a classroom to watch the announcement on TV. Then they waited. They chatted and theorized who would be chosen to succeed Pope Francis, only to be stunned by the result.