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Two Chicago Catholic schools won’t reopen in fall

May 22, 2019 at 10:01 p.m.

Citing an insurmountable decline in enrollment, two Roman Catholic schools will not reopen for the next school year, the Chicago Archdiocese announced Thursday. St. Florian Catholic School, a 109-year-old school...

Sanah Khan and her 5-year-old daughter Sarinah Khan give a bagged lunch to a homeless man on State Street on May 29, 2016. A volunteer group meets every Sunday at the Downtown Islamic Center to make and distribute the lunches and is ramping up efforts during Ramadan.

Volunteers feed Chicago’s homeless and hungry during Muslim fast

June 10, 2018 at 12:22 p.m.

They call it feeding it forward. Every Sunday morning, dozens of volunteers gather in the basement of the Downtown Islamic Center on South State Street to fill brown bags with...

The Rev. Bruce Wellems, a member of the Claretian Missionaries order, had worked as a priest and community activist at Holy Cross Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood for decades.

Chicago Archdiocese bars priest Bruce Wellems from active ministry

May 22, 2019 at 9:53 p.m.

The Chicago Archdiocese has declined to reinstate to active ministry a well-known Back of the Yards priest who has admitted to sexually abusing a minor when he was a teen....

Chicago Archdiocese launches staff reorganization

May 22, 2019 at 9:52 p.m.

About 60 employees of the Chicago Archdiocese were told this week they must reapply for their jobs — the first wave in an overhaul of the nation's third-largest Roman Catholic...

Maggie Bush making a blanket and pillow for her baby Wednesday, May 18, 2016, in Chicago. Bush, a special education teacher for the Chicago Archdiocese, is expecting her first child in August.

Chicago Archdiocese to offer paid family leave

May 22, 2019 at 9:51 p.m.

As the debate about paid parental leave in the U.S. gains steam, Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich is rolling out a new parental leave policy for church employees to better reflect...

Dawn Eden Goldstein raises her hand to answer a question during their Wild Wild West Trivia Night at University of St. Mary of the Lake on April 22, 2016, in Mundelein, Ill.

Woman blazes path to train Catholic priests

June 10, 2018 at 4:44 p.m.

On the bucolic Mundelein campus that houses a theological university and the largest Roman Catholic seminary in the U.S., there are 220 men studying to be priests — plus one...

The icon of St. John the Baptist inside of Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Homer Glen on the morning of April 28, 2016.

Thousands flock to ‘miracle’ icon at south suburban church

May 22, 2019 at 9:45 p.m.

As millions of Orthodox Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Easter this Sunday and the miracle of Jesus Christ's resurrection, thousands across the Chicago area are flocking to a...

Muhammad Salah celebrates with his wife, Maryam, left, and other supporters after a verdict was reached in his trial at the Dirksen Federal Building on Feb. 1, 2007. The Bridgeview businessman, accused of aiding the radical Palestinian group Hamas, was acquitted of racketeering conspiracy, but convicted on the lesser charge of obstruction of justice. Jurors deliberated three weeks before reaching a verdict in the three-month trial.

Known for unifying Muslims, Bridgeview man acquitted of supporting Hamas dies

June 11, 2018 at 1:17 a.m.

A southwest suburban father of five who became an early symbol of the U.S. government's war on terror and galvanized Chicago's Arab-American Muslim community shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks...

The body of St. Maria Goretti lies at the front of the altar at St. John Cantius Church on Oct. 12, 2015.

St. John Cantius chosen America’s Most Beautiful Church

May 22, 2019 at 9:43 p.m.

Threatened with the wrecking ball in 1988, St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church, with its opulent baroque interior, stands as one of Chicago's many symbols of resurrection. This past weekend,...

Muslim family kicked off United flight plans to file complaint

August 21, 2019 at 6:14 p.m.

A north suburban Muslim couple said they plan to file a formal complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration after United Airlines failed to acknowledge that their family's removal from a...

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