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The Rev. Michael Enright presides over the 10 a.m. Mass at St. Adalbert Roman Catholic Church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood on June 26, 2016. The Chicago Academy of Music is interested in purchasing the church and renovating it into a music conservatory.

Parishioners, preservationists rally to save Pilsen church

May 22, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

In 1912, Jozef Pawlikowski and other Polish immigrants rolled up their sleeves to stack 185 feet of blond bricks — eventually forming the iconic twin towers of St. Adalbert Roman...

Anna-Lisa Castle, left, development director of Communities United, and Jose Osorio, 15, a participant in the Bikes N' Roses program, pedal down Lawrence Avenue on their way to a press conference with the mayor about youth job opportunities.

City backing after-school program to teach bicycle mechanics to teens

May 22, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

An after-school program that teaches bicycle mechanics to neighborhood teens on the North and West sides has been given a boost by Mayor Rahm Emanuel after being dealt several blows...

Jim Gates, who married wife Louise in a civil ceremony in the 1980s without an annulment of his prior marriage, said he thought the pope's document released Friday marked a good first step.

Cupich: Pope’s document on sex, marriage, family life a ‘game changer’

May 22, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

Threading through Pope Francis' highly anticipated landmark document on marriage and family was an underlying theme that struck a chord with Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich: The church exists to form...

After shooting in front of monastery, Benedictine sisters pray for peace

May 22, 2019 at 9:38 p.m.

Neighbors of St. Scholastica Monastery in the Rogers Park neighborhood occasionally see the Roman Catholic sisters who live there, either gardening or leaving to run errands or go to work....

Emma Lozano of Lincoln United Methodist Church holds a printout of the church's front door, which has been vandalized two days in a row, she said, Tuesday March 29, 2016.

Pro-immigrant rights Pilsen church vandalized twice

May 22, 2019 at 9:36 p.m.

For two days in a row this week, neighbors of a Pilsen neighborhood church have awakened to see racist graffiti on the church's doors. Swastikas and the message "Rape Mexico"...

The Rev. Dennis Langdon hugs Gertrude Pryor during a Sunday service at Morgan Park United Methodist Church on March 20, 2016. Langdon is one of the organizers behind the Easter Without Murder campaign.

Far Southwest Side clergy want an Easter without murder

June 11, 2018 at 3:05 a.m.

A day without violence in Chicago might seem unimaginable to many. But then so seemed the biblical story of Jesus Christ's resurrection. Still, millions of Christians believe Jesus rose from...

Larycia Hawkins, a Christian who is wearing a hijab for Advent, attends service at St. Martin Episcopal Church in Chicago on Dec. 13, 2015. Hawkins is a professor at Wheaton College, a Christian school, and often reminds her students to put their faith into action.

Christian professor who donned head scarf gets UVA fellowship named for Muslim

May 22, 2019 at 9:28 p.m.

The former Wheaton College professor who sparked controversy at the evangelical Illinois school for saying Muslims and Christians worship the same God has earned a University of Virginia fellowship named...

Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins on Michigan Avenue in Chicago on Dec. 22, 2015.

Wheaton College could face long-term fallout over professor controversy

June 9, 2018 at 1:48 a.m.

The controversy over a tenured Wheaton College professor who said Christians and Muslims worship the same God has many former students concerned that the episode dealt lasting damage to the...

The Rev. Richard Bulwith gives communion at a day center run by Catholic Charities, which the state owes $25 million.

Catholic Charities appeals to pews to help get Illinois budget passed

May 15, 2019 at 3:23 p.m.

The state's debt to Chicago's Catholic Charities, Illinois' largest social services agency, now tops $25 million because of the state's ongoing budget impasse, forcing the agency to do something it's...

Archdiocese to close St. Adalbert, reorganize five other Pilsen parishes

June 11, 2018 at 4:38 a.m.

St. Adalbert Catholic Church, where crumbling towers overlooking the Pilsen neighborhood have been hidden under scaffolding for more than a year, must close its doors, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of...

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