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Judge: Chicago Archdiocese can be punished for part in McCormack sex abuse case

May 22, 2019 at 9:21 p.m.

A decade after defrocked Roman Catholic priest Daniel McCormack was arrested for molesting children at his West Side church, a Cook County judge has ruled that victims abused by McCormack...

Wheaton College demonstrators launch fast to spotlight Islamophobia

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

Roughly 30 supporters of Larycia Hawkins demonstrated on the steps of Edman Memorial Chapel at Wheaton College on Ash Wednesday, pledging to fast for the 40 days of Lent in...

Larycia Hawkins, a tenured political science professor at Wheaton College, stands with supporters to address media at Chicago Temple on Jan. 6, 2016.

Wheaton College students, alumni plan solidarity fast

May 22, 2019 at 9:21 p.m.

Students at Wheaton College, a private evangelical school in the west suburbs, will kick off a 40-day fast Wednesday, calling on the college and other evangelical Christian institutions to confess...

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.

Massive overhaul slated for Chicago Archdiocese

May 25, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

A radical overhaul in the nation's third-largest Roman Catholic archdiocese could shutter many of the Chicago church's houses of worship by 2030 as it reckons with decaying buildings and an...

Wheaton College reverses efforts to fire professor, but she won’t return to teach

May 22, 2019 at 9:21 p.m.

A tenured professor at Wheaton College suspended for saying Muslims and Christians worship the same God has reached an agreement with the west suburban evangelical school to end her employment...

Saarah Bhaiji, 16, folds one of her many headscarves at her Glenview home Jan. 31, 2016.

Chicago area’s Muslim youth fight stereotypes, suspicion

June 11, 2018 at 6:51 a.m.

Aasiyah Bhaiji knew the boys in her class were just clowning around, but their words stung just the same. As they headed inside from an ultimate Frisbee game at Springman...

The Rev. Larry Dowling, third from left, of St. Agatha Catholic Church says a prayer with Loyola University students, from left, Lilly Osbourne, Melinda Bunnage, Michael Fasullo and Sofia Sturla after a news conference Jan. 25, 2016, on the sidewalk near Loyola University in Chicago. The four students will defend their actions of support for unionized campus dining hall workers before entering a disciplinary hearing with the university administration Tuesday.

Loyola student government sanctioned over demonstration in dining hall

May 22, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

On the same day nontenured faculty members at Loyola University Chicago elected to form a union, the Roman Catholic university's student government faced sanctions for a demonstration of solidarity with...

Loyola University student Michael Fasullo, right wearing tie, speaks at a news conference on the sidewalk near Loyola University in Chicago on Jan. 25, 2016.

Students, faculty fight for unions on Catholic campuses

June 9, 2018 at 3:42 a.m.

Just a day before nontenured faculty members at Loyola University of Chicago cast final ballots on whether to unionize, students at the Roman Catholic school faced a conduct hearing Monday...

Wheaton faculty leaders call for professor’s reinstatement

May 22, 2019 at 9:16 p.m.

A handful of Wheaton College professors elected by their faculty peers have called on the west suburban school to vacate the administrative leave and proposed termination of their colleague who...

The faithful take part in the midday Mass celebrating Ash Wednesday at St. Edmund's Catholic Church in 2013 in Oak Park.

Chicago Archdiocese to close Oak Park’s St. Edmund Catholic School

May 22, 2019 at 9:13 p.m.

The Chicago Archdiocese has announced that one more school will close at the end of the academic year, just one year short of celebrating its centennial. St. Edmund Catholic School...

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