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Archdiocese launches online classes for middle, high school students

December 24, 2018 at 5:10 a.m.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago on Tuesday announced that it has begun offering online courses to its tens of thousands of middle and high school students as part of...

Groups lose nearly $300,000 from Catholic charity over gay marriage issue

May 16, 2019 at 2:28 p.m.

When a statewide immigrant-rights coalition endorsed same-sex marriage this past spring, 11 groups were given a stark choice by a Roman Catholic anti-poverty program: Leave the coalition, or lose their...

Groups lose nearly $300,000 from Catholic charity over gay marriage issue

December 24, 2018 at 5:06 a.m.

When a statewide immigrant-rights coalition endorsed same-sex marriage this past spring, 11 groups were given a stark choice by a Roman Catholic anti-poverty program: Leave the coalition, or lose their...

Re-enactment spotlights legal legacy of Mormon church founder Joseph Smith

September 8, 2018 at 8:25 a.m.

Constantly in and out of courtrooms until killed by a mob outside a jail in Carthage, Ill., Mormon church founder Joseph Smith spent much of his adult life as a...

Cardinal responds to pope’s message: ‘We can all profit’

May 16, 2019 at 2:17 p.m.

A day after Pope Francis bluntly said the Roman Catholic Church must place its teachings on abortion, contraception and homosexuality into a broader context, Chicago's Cardinal Francis George issued a...

Cardinal responds to pope’s message: ‘We can all profit’

December 24, 2018 at 4:31 a.m.

A day after Pope Francis bluntly said the Roman Catholic Church must place its teachings on abortion, contraception and homosexuality into a broader context, Chicago's Cardinal Francis George issued a...

Pope’s words strike a chord in Chicago

August 24, 2021 at 3:24 p.m.

Chris Pett said the Roman Catholic Church became a safer place for gay people like him Thursday after Pope Francis warned that church leaders have become too focused on issues...

Across spectrum, Chicagoans take heart in Pope Francis’ message

August 24, 2021 at 3:29 p.m.

Chris Pett said the Roman Catholic Church became a safer place for gay people like him Thursday after Pope Francis warned that church leaders have become too focused on issues...

Priest accused of abuse at Midway Airport is acquitted

May 16, 2019 at 2:16 p.m.

A Cook County judge acquitted a 79-year-old Roman Catholic priest of sexually abusing a traveler who stopped to worship at the chapel inside Midway Airport before boarding a flight to...

Left, attorney Anthony Peraica and right, Imam Senad Agic, leader of the northwest suburban American Islamic Center, look on as Ahmed Rehab, executive director of Council on American-Islamic Relations announces the filing of a complaint in federal court against the city of Des Plaines, at a press conference at the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on Monday.

Des Plaines sued after rejecting plans for mosque

May 11, 2019 at 1:33 a.m.

A Bosnian Muslim congregation filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Des Plaines and five aldermen, alleging they violated its religious freedom when they denied permission to convert a vacant office...

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