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Deacon Pat Gorman celebrate a daily Mass April 29, 2020, at Mary, Seat of Wisdom Parish in Park Ridge. His ordination has been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus pandemic leaves Chicago-area seminarians waiting to fulfill dream of becoming priests, ministers

April 30, 2020 at 11:34 a.m.

Pat Gorman sat in his graduate student office at Purdue University when an administrative assistant rushed in and told him that America "was under attack." Gorman, then a 23-year-old aspiring...

A Chicago police officer moves a sign pole near a police vehicle that was involved in a collision in the 1400 block of West 69th Street, April 28, 2020.

Two police officers taken to hospital in Englewood crash that left officer, pedestrian seriously hurt

April 28, 2020 at 3:44 p.m.

Two Chicago police officers and a pedestrian were injured in a collision with a box truck that sent four people to hospitals Tuesday afternoon, officials said. A police SUV was...

Sara Sadat, right, and her husband, Raza Siddiqui, left, are decorating their Lisle home for Ramadan, with the help of their children Yunus, Myra and Zoya Shaik.

For Chicago-area Muslims without traditional mosque access, a remote Ramadan isn’t a new concept

April 24, 2020 at 5:14 p.m.

Helping prepare the iftar meal. Missing going to the mosque at night. Dealing with technical difficulties during prayers. Ramadan will look different this year, particularly for men used to centering...

Archdiocese of Chicago reaches $2.1 million settlement in lawsuit claiming 7-year-old girl abused at church camp

April 20, 2020 at 4:38 p.m.

The Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to pay a $2.1 million settlement in a lawsuit that alleged a 7-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at a Catholic church camp in 2015,...

Bishop Ford Freeway shooting kills Chicago man; state police investigating

April 20, 2020 at 12:14 p.m.

Illinois State Police were investigating a shooting that happened Sunday night on Interstate 94, killing a 47-year-old man while he was traveling in the northbound lanes near 103rd Street, police...

The Rev. Georges Nicoli celebrates a Holy Thursday Mass, livestreamed on Facebook, with pictures of parishioners taped to pews, in the empty Notre Dame De Lourdes church in Bastia, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, on April 9, 2020.

State police, pastors urge religious leaders not to hold services during Easter season

April 9, 2020 at 6:49 p.m.

Illinois State Police and a handful of pastors in a Thursday news conference implored religious leaders throughout the state to not hold services over the Easter holiday. "We realize that...

A nun in the crowd prays as Freddie Herrera, portraying "Jesus," carries the cross while thousands follow in procession during the annual living Stations of the Cross in the Pilsen of Chicago.

Chicago’s Catholic archdiocese to air ecumenical Stations of the Cross on Good Friday; Mayor Lori Lightfoot among those featured

April 8, 2020 at 6:12 p.m.

With people unable to gather at church because of the statewide stay-at-home order, Chicago's Catholic Church is working with leaders from other churches and the community to offer an online...

Brutus, one of the Brookfield Zoo's new 4-year-old lions, in his habitat on April 2, 2020.

With Bronx Zoo tiger catching the coronavirus, should pet owners be concerned about COVID-19? Health experts weigh in

April 8, 2020 at 12:12 p.m.

As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to surge worldwide, scientists and health experts, including University of Illinois researchers who helped diagnose a New York zoo tiger with the...

The Rev. Matt O'Donnell on April 5, 2020, outside Saint Columbanus Catholic Church in the Park Manor neighborhood during the coronavirus pandemic.

Cadre of Chicago-area priests trained to minister to dying coronavirus patients

April 9, 2020 at 7:03 p.m.

He had done it hundreds of times, but this time was different. The Rev. Matt O'Donnell, pastor of St. Columbanus in the Park Manor neighborhood, stepped inside the hospital room...

Felice Eckhouse at her North Park neighborhood home on April 3, 2020, in Chicago. Eckhouse usually hosts a group of 10 to 20 people for Passover Seder, but this year they will hold it virtually due to concerns about COVID-19.

Amid coronavirus crisis, families prepare to bring Seder rituals to Zoom for Passover: ‘This gathering of friends and family is all the more precious’

April 3, 2020 at 3:57 p.m.

Months ago, Felice Eckhouse's family made plans to gather at her sister's home in Glenview for a catered Passover Seder with as many as 25 people. Now, they will still...

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