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Catholic fertility methods help Chicago woman conceive

December 24, 2018 at 11:05 a.m.

Mary-Louise Hengesbaugh admits to growing bitter as she counseled women who considered having abortions to end their unwanted pregnancies five years ago. Pregnancy was all she wanted. But as the...

Wheaton College joins lawsuit over health care requirements

May 23, 2019 at 6:47 a.m.

Wheaton College has joined about 50 mostly Roman Catholic religious institutions suing the Obama administration for requiring religious employers to offer health insurance that covers the cost of birth control...

Wheaton College joins lawsuit over health care law

December 24, 2018 at 10:56 a.m.

Wheaton College has joined more than 50 mostly Roman Catholic religious institutions suing the Obama administration for requiring religious employers to offer health insurance that covers the cost of contraception,...

Wheaton College joins lawsuit over health care requirements

December 24, 2018 at 9:54 a.m.

Wheaton College has joined about 50 mostly Roman Catholic religious institutions suing the Obama administration for requiring religious employers to offer health insurance that covers the cost of birth control...

Chicago native quits as leader of American Orthodox Church

December 24, 2018 at 10:50 a.m.

The Chicago native elected to the helm of the Orthodox Church in America resigned over the weekend, saying in a letter that he has "neither the personality nor the temperament"...

Metropolitan Jonah at his 2009 investiture as head of the Orthodox Church in America.

Chicago native quits as leader of American Orthodox Church

May 16, 2019 at 11:03 a.m.

The Chicago native elected to the helm of the Orthodox Church in America resigned this weekend, saying in a letter that he has "neither the personality nor the temperament" to...

Chicago native quits as leader of American Orthodox Church

December 24, 2018 at 10:49 a.m.

The Chicago native elected to the helm of the Orthodox Church in America resigned this weekend, saying in a letter that he has "neither the personality nor the temperament" to...

Honoring Faith, finding joy

December 24, 2018 at 8:27 a.m.

When Michele Dremmer moved back to Chicago in 1999 with her 7-year-old adopted daughter from China, the rabbis at Temple Sholom gave them both Hebrew names. Michele Dremmer was named...

Archbishop Fulton Sheen another step closer to sainthood

December 24, 2018 at 8:21 a.m.

One of the nation's first televangelists has taken a significant step toward sainthood. The late Archbishop Fulton Sheen, a central Illinois native whose 1950s TV show "Life Is Worth Living"...

Archbishop Sheen takes step toward sainthood

December 24, 2018 at 10:44 a.m.

The late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, a pioneering televangelist and Illinois native whose 1950s TV show, "Life Is Worth Living," won an Emmy, has been declared Venerable by Pope Benedict...

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