(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — The national tour of the relic of St. Jude was cut short in Joliet last week due to a police investigation. The relic of St. Jude made its stop at Queen of Apostles Catholic ...

JOLIET — The Joliet Police Department on Tuesday issued a press release revealing that 50-year-old Catholic priest Father Carlos Martins has officially been arrested, processed at the police ...

The incident unraveled during a relic of St. Jude’s tour at the Queen of Apostles parish in Joliet, Illinois, on Nov. 21, 2024. Martins “grabbed the hair” of a 13-year-old girl and placed ...

A first-class relic of St. Jude Thaddeus arrived at Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Annunciation Parish on Feb. 24, with parishioners lining up to venerate it and pray to the apostle of hope.

She brought in a priest to pray over Herb and bless him with a relic of Saint Jude. X-rays taken shortly afterward showed that the bones in the boy’s legs had begun to knit. Surgery was canceled.

“I can’t understand that. I just know that St. Jude just did an amazing thing for me,” she said. “People keep telling me I’m a miracle, and I just tried to live through this so I could ...

Martins, according to the Catholic News Agency, was in Joliet for a “national touring exhibit of a relic of the arm of St. Jude the Apostle.” While the priest was at St. Paul the Apostle ...

The church was hosting an exhibition and Mass as well as a national tour of the Relics of St Jude the Apostle. The priest, who was visiting from Detroit as part of the St. Jude relic tour, is alleged ...

The incident unraveled during a relic of St. Jude's tour at the Queen of Apostles parish in Joliet, Illinois, on Nov. 21, 2024. Martins "grabbed the hair" of a 13-year-old girl and placed it "in ...