Roger Nelson
The Rev. Roger Nelson lost his father, Ronald, when a crack addict shot him in the chest in the parking lot of Roseland Christian Ministries Center in Chicago after Sunday...
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<big><b>Jeanne Bishop</b></big>
On Palm Sunday, April 8, 1990, Jeanne Bishop was standing in the aisle of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, holding a palm and a choir folder when the call came...
Muslim teen inspires bone marrow drive
When doctors diagnosed Bilal Mallick with leukemia in January, they told his parents a bone marrow transplant often presented the best chance for survival and a cure. But of 9...
Muslim teen inspires bone marrow drive
When doctors diagnosed Bilal Mallick with leukemia in January, they told his parents a bone marrow transplant often presented the best chance for survival and a cure. But of 9...
Hospital offers help for women who want to halt abortions
A Chicago medical center has become one of the nation's first Roman Catholic hospitals to adopt a practice of halting second-trimester abortions for women who change their minds after the...
Blue Christmas services offer solace during holidays
Margaret Bauman was fed up with all of the preparing and pretending that led up to Christmas. Not only did Christmas require a lot of decorating, baking, shopping and reveling...
First lady’s handshake touches off some debate
It didn't take long for first lady Michelle Obama to woo Indonesian officials. In fact, one conservative Muslim government minister admits she had him at hello. But that very hello...
Rev. Jesse Jackson expresses solidarity with Jewish community
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and a North Side rabbi met Sunday in a show of solidarity after packages containing explosives bound for different Jewish houses of worship in Chicago were...
Author finds ‘Grace’ in American religion
Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam and his co-author, David Campbell, capture the benevolence and beauty of America's religious diversity and evolving acceptance of different religious and nonreligious traditions in their book...
Sidney Hess, 1910-2010
Sidney Hess made his first philanthropic gift to the Jewish Charities of Chicago in 1924 at age 14. His commitment to the organization endured through the Holocaust, the birth of...