Religion – Page 58 –

FILE – Military Services Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks during a press conference at a plenary assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

By Associated Press

October 12, 2026 at 1:17 p.m.

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church’s pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S....

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo will be admitted to hospital Tuesday for lung nodule surgery, Vatican says

By Nicole Winfield

October 12, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

The Vatican said Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to the hospital on Tuesday in...

Lorena Lopez, left, and Jacqueline Ramirez-Lopez participate in Mass at Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in the Loop on Oct. 3, 2026. After Mass, Cardinal Blase Cupich blessed a delegation, including Ramirez-Lopez, that is traveling to Rome to meet with Pope Leo. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Chicago clergy set to visit Pope Leo to advocate for immigrant detainees: ‘This is a mission from Christ’

By Laura Rodríguez Presa

October 12, 2026 at 1:27 p.m.

The Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership are scheduled to make a pilgrimage to Rome...

Hot air balloons, carrying tourists, rise into the sky at sunrise in Cappadocia, central Turkey on Aug. 7, 2018. (Emrah Gurel/AP)

Rising with the sun over Cappadocia, a hot air balloon offers a meditative view of central Turkey’s ancient landscape

By Terri Colby

February 12, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Balloon rides are a modern attraction in a country that’s home to Europe’s largest city,...

Pope Francis touches his eyes as he presides over a mass for the jubilee of the armed forces in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Sunday Feb.9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, warns ‘it will end badly’

By Nicole Winfield

February 11, 2025 at 3:27 p.m.

Pope Francis took the remarkable step of addressing the U.S. migrant crackdown in a letter...

Pope Benedict XVI waves from the altar as he arrives on St Peter's square for his last weekly audience at the Vatican.

Today in History: Pope Benedict XVI announces resignation

By Associated Press

February 11, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

On Feb. 11, 2013, during a routine morning meeting of Vatican cardinals, Pope Benedict XVI...

People cheer as a lion dance is performed in the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago’s Chinatown marks Year of the Snake with Lunar New Year parade

By Carolyn Stein

February 9, 2025 at 6:10 p.m.

Hundreds of people lined the streets of Chicago’s Chinatown Sunday afternoon to celebrate the end...

Sajdah Wendy Muhammad gives a tour of the home being restored as the Elijah Muhammad House Museum in the Kenwood neighborhood, during a Chicago Black Muslim History Tour on Dec. 6, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Telling their own story: South Side bus tour delves into Chicago’s key role in America’s Black Muslim history

By Ahmed Ali Akbar

February 9, 2025 at 9:24 a.m.

The driving force for the tour is the idea that Black Americans and Muslims must...

Jane Nicoll, director of the Park Forest 1950s House Museum, examines a photograph Friday inside the museum’s historical archive housed in a former classroom at St. Mary Church. The museum and archive face an uncertain future. (John Smierciak / Daily Southtown)

Landmarks: Potential church closure could put Park Forest history at risk

By Paul Eisenberg

February 13, 2025 at 1:06 p.m.

A decision by the Diocese of Joliet about church closures in Will County could force...

FILE – Karim Aga Khan, his wife the Begum Salima, and their son, Prince Rahim are seen in Geneva, Feb. 9, 1972. The baby was born October 12, 1971, in Geneva. (AP Photo, File)

Rahim Al-Hussaini is named the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims

By Associated Press

February 5, 2025 at 4:35 p.m.

Rahim Al-Hussaini was named Wednesday as the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s...

FILE - The Aga Khan, spiritual head of Ismaili Muslims, listens to a speech during the inauguration of the restored 16th century Humayun's Tomb in New Delhi, India, Sept. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, has died at age 88

By Associated Press

February 4, 2025 at 5:53 p.m.

The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims...

Jean-Michel Gisnel cries out while praying with other congregants at the First Haitian Evangelical Church of Springfield, Sunday, January 26, 2025, in Springfield, Ohio. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, turn to faith amid deportation fears

By Luis Andres Henao

January 26, 2025 at 3:58 p.m.

Some of Springfield’s estimated 15,000 Haitians are seeking solace and divine intervention in their churches...

An Associated Press headline about the Trump administration's newest immigration policies is displayed on information screens at UIC Student Center East on Jan. 22, 2025. UIC faculty and staff are being instructed to contact campus police if federal immigration officials attempt to enter classrooms and student-populated buildings to inquire about citizenship or immigration status. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago schools, churches and hospitals vow to protect migrants in US illegally after Trump lifts ban that limited immigration arrests in safe spaces

By Carolyn Stein

January 23, 2025 at 10:54 a.m.

A day after Donald Trump threw out policies that limited immigration arrests at sensitive locations,...