Manya Brachear Pashman

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...

Free from the persecution that forced her family from their native Iran in 1979, Roslyn Kohanchi felt fortunate to be able to practice Judaism in America, even if the songs...

Yellow flags flapping in the wind to signal a swim advisory on many North Side beaches Monday didn't deter beachcombers from wading into the waves for a Labor Day dunk....

When he took the helm of the Chicago Police Department in the 1980s, LeRoy Martin made it his mission to tackle the city's growing problems with gangs and drugs. Colleagues...

The Chicago-based Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on Wednesday elected the first woman to lead the nation's largest Lutheran denomination. Northeast Ohio Bishop Elizabeth Eaton defeated Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson,...

Without personally saying goodbye, the longtime leader of one of Chicago's most prominent Reform Jewish synagogues has stepped down, abruptly announcing his retirement in a letter to the congregation that...

A Chicago-based religious order on Thursday acknowledged sending a clergyman accused of inappropriate behavior to Argentina, the same day a victim's advocacy group criticized the order for allowing him to...