Religion
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Climate protesters target the Vatican's Laocoon statue
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Italian environmental activists staged a second museum protest in as many months, gluing their hands Thursday to the base of one of the Vatican Museums' most...
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Jordan River, Jesus' baptism site, is today barely a trickle
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) - Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just briefly soaked her feet in the water w...
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Nepal's holy Bagmati River choked with black sewage, trash
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - High on a mountain in the Himalayas, pristine drops fall from the mouth of a tiger statue installed at a stream thought to form the headwaters of...
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Embed-Map-Sacred Rivers-Nepal-Bagmati, ADVISORY
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - SACRED RIVERS-NEPAL-BAGMATI - Map. This AP digital embed map shows the path of the Bagmati river through India and Nepal. The Bagmati is Nepal's holiest river, as well a...
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REL-Sacred Rivers, ADVISORY
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - EDITORS: Around the world, over millennia, rivers have provided wondrous gifts '“ nourishment, mobility, irrigation, natural beauty. In acknowledgement of those gifts, ...
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Some friendships have a season and a reasonAug 16, 2022 11:00 pm - "Let's make three shelters as memorials, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." - Mark 9:5 My friend was grieving over the loss of a friendship. She said she tr...
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Mini-Noah's ark: Aurora kids meet animals at science campAug 16, 2022 11:00 pm - A North Aurora veterinarian brought a mini-Noah's ark of animals to an Aurora kids' science camp. A dog, cat, two snakes and four mice were displayed by Dr. Abby Curiel,...
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An invitation to paint rocks - and put feet to our faithAug 16, 2022 11:00 pm - During the height of COVID, quarantined artists in my community found creative expression for their talent. They painted rocks and left them camouflaged on the nature tr...
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Mass of Healing and Hope for families suffering loss of a childAug 16, 2022 11:00 pm - The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines will celebrate a bilingual (English and Spanish) Mass of Healing and Hope for families who have lost a child at 1 p.m....
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Embed-Map-Sacred Rivers-Columbia, ADVISORY
Aug 16, 2022 7:00 am - SACRED-RIVERS-COLUMBIA - Map. This AP embed map shows the path of the Columbia River through Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Native tribes have relied on the rive...