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Basketball star may put his Mormon faith before the NBA

December 24, 2018 at 3:43 a.m.

Jabari Parker, the Simeon Career Academy junior named 2011-12 Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball of Illinois earlier this year, reveals to Sports Illustrated that...

Local reverend defends Obama on same-sex marriage

December 24, 2018 at 10:16 a.m.

The leader of President Barack Obama's former church in Chicago has come out against statements by other African-American clergy who condemned the president's endorsement last week of same-sex marriage.The Rev....

A time for peace, pastors say

December 24, 2018 at 3:03 a.m.

Chicagoans know NATO holds the potential for traffic snarls, broken windows and clashes between police and protesters. But there are some holding out hope that it also offers promise for...

Map of where church offered camping for NATO protesters

South Side church offers camping for NATO protest group

May 16, 2019 at 10:34 a.m.

An Episcopal church on the South Side will serve as a sanctuary for protesters coming to the NATO summit later this month.Trinity Episcopal Church's small fenced yard at 26th Street...

South Side church offers camping for NATO protest group

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

An Episcopal church on the South Side will serve as a sanctuary for protesters coming to the NATO summit later this month.Trinity Episcopal Church's small fenced yard at 26th Street...

Muslims bypass Mormons as fastest-growing religion in Illinois

May 16, 2019 at 10:33 a.m.

Muslims have become the third-largest religious group in the state after Roman Catholics and independent evangelicals. Not to mention, the fastest-growing one. That's according to a census of American religious...

Muslims bypass Mormons as fastest-growing religion in Illinois

December 24, 2018 at 10:09 a.m.

Muslims have become the third-largest religious group in the state after Roman Catholics and independent evangelicals. Not to mention, the fastest-growing one. That's according to a census of American religious...

Muslims bypass Mormons as fastest-growing religion in Illinois

December 24, 2018 at 2:04 a.m.

Muslims have become the third-largest religious group in the state after Roman Catholics and independent evangelicals. Not to mention, the fastest-growing one. That's according to a census of American religious...

Dalai Lama celebrates youth

December 24, 2018 at 1:26 a.m.

What did the Dalai Lama wish he had known when he was 17, before he became the world's most famous Buddhist monk? On Thursday, Gavin Sullivan, 17, of Deerfield, asked...

Complaint filed with IRS against Peoria Diocese

December 24, 2018 at 12:34 a.m.

A prominent advocate of church-state separation filed a formal complaint with the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, accusing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria of violating federal law by intervening...

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