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Gay rights protest is held despite cardinal's apology
Despite an apology from Cardinal Francis George for recently likening the church's clash with the gay rights movement to the anti-...
Get the full story >>South Side pastor comes off roof to preach
The Rev. Corey Brooks believes in keeping his promises, including his vow six weeks ago to stay on the roof of a vacant Englewood motel...
Get the full story >>Cardinal George apologizes for remarks comparing gay rights movement to KKK
Chicago's Cardinal Francis George apologized Friday for remarks aired on Christmas Day comparing the gay pride parade to the Ku Klux Klan.
Get the full story >>After 1958 fire and years of decline, Our Lady of the Angels is reborn this Christmas
Jean Hart still remembers bowing to pray inside Our Lady of the Angels Roman Catholic Church as flames engulfed the school next door and...
Get the full story >>A condo building's lobby is now off-limits to religious symbols of the season
Wise men searching for baby Jesus in a manger this Christmas should look on the fourth floor of Malibu East Condominiums in Chicago's...
Get the full story >>World AIDS Day marked by search for an ideal
The Rev. Pat Lee will never forget the day in 1985 when a nurse urged him to scour his hands with bleach after anointing a man stricken by a...
Get the full story >>Sleeping atop shuttered motel, pastor rails against violence
From his perch on the corner of East 66th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the Rev. Corey Brooks has been able to witness the...
Get the full story >>White House staff pushes faith-based partnerships in Chicago
Seeking to solidify more partnerships between the federal government and religious leaders, White House staff on Tuesday descended on the...
Get the full story >>Family hopes state enables more international adoptions
As the parents of 14 children, including six adopted from Africa, Carolyn and Kiel Twietmeyer believe they are doing God's work.
Get the full story >>Work begins on shrine to Mother Cabrini
When Mother Cabrini arrived on the North Side more than a century ago, she set out to transform an old hotel into an orphanage.
Get the full story >>Last faith agency opposed to civil union adoptions out of foster care
All religious agencies that declined to accommodate Illinois' civil union law and refused to license same-sex couples as prospective...
Get the full story >>$3.2 million settlement reached in priest abuse case
Resolving the last claim that landed convicted sex offender Daniel McCormack behind bars in 2007, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of...
Get the full story >>3 dioceses drop foster care lawsuit
Calling off legal efforts aimed at keeping Catholic Charities of Illinois in the foster care business, three Roman Catholic dioceses have...
Get the full story >>'Sorrowing City' laments Chicago's slain children
Rodrigo Garcia, 14, strikes the wooden keys of the marimba to remember those who are no longer alive to make music.
Get the full story >>University plunges into speed-faithing
For those who want to hook up with a Hindu, there is speed-dating at an Old Town neighborhood lounge on Wednesday.
Get the full story >>Muslim delivery driver sues former employer on grounds of religious discrimination
A former delivery driver has filed a federal lawsuit against a soda bottling plant in Harvey that allegedly fired him shortly after he asked...
Get the full story >>Clergy providing spiritual support for Occupy Chicago masses
Standing among the pickets and chanting crowds of Occupy Chicago, Lutheran pastor Tom Gaulke doesn't hoist a sign denouncing greed or...
Get the full story >>Settlement reached in Muslim's suit over denial of time off for hajj
Safoorah Khan hoped 2008 would be a turning point in her spiritual life.
Get the full story >>Parking solutions don't have to be taxing
Before rushing ahead with a weekday parking tax proposed last week for the downtown area, Chicago officials should closely study a new...
Get the full story >>Jews mark Sukkot with appeal to mortgage bankers
Beneath a makeshift shelter of canvas and bamboo outside the Hyatt Regency Chicago on Tuesday, rabbis and community organizers sought to...
Get the full story >>Illinois inmate sues Holy See for alleged sexual abuse
An Illinois prisoner has filed a lawsuit against the Holy See and the Archdiocese of Chicago, alleging sexual abuse by a former priest and...
Get the full story >>Catholic Charities in Peoria Diocese to end state contracts, transfer foster care services
No longer able to provide publicly funded foster care and adoption services unless it complies with Illinois law, Catholic Charities in...
Get the full story >>Notre Dame names academic hall after Lake Bluff woman
Flanked by the University of Notre Dame's signature Golden Dome and Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Carole Sandner Hall stands as a monument...
Get the full story >>Congregations consider women's infertility on Rosh Hashanah
As her conservative Jewish congregation at Anshe Emet in Lakeview joyfully ushered in Rosh Hashanah last year, Rebecca Gruenspan could...
Get the full story >>St. Xavier University resists adjunct union
For years, some Roman Catholic bishops and conservatives have complained that American Catholic colleges have strayed from church teachings....
Get the full story >>Chicago Muslims answer call to public service after 9/11
For many Chicago Muslims, Sept. 11, 2001, set off a powerful alarm, cautioning them that they couldn't take their status in America for...
Get the full story >>Gross anatomy at Catholic school teaches sacred, profane
Every year, first-year medical students grapple with gross anatomy, approaching their first human dissection with a mixture of anticipation,...
Get the full story >>Willow Creek pastor clarifies views on homosexuality
Amid accusations that Willow Creek Community Church promotes an anti-gay agenda, the Rev. Bill Hybels on Thursday tried to clear the air...
Get the full story >>Starbucks CEO cancels speech at Willow Creek church as gay petition circulates
Already catching heat for how a cafe manager allegedly berated and fired a gay employee, the CEO of Starbucks suddenly canceled an...
Get the full story >>Salvation on the air
Since the dawn of television, preachers have seen the electronic medium as a channel to spread the Gospel. Televangelist Joel Osteen, who is...
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