Religion
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Elgin man’s mission transforms lives through Made Again ministryApr 07, 2026 7:01 pm - Steve Szwarga, driven by his childhood experience with alcoholic parents, has spent nearly 45 years helping people battle addiction. For two decades, he has led Made Again, a faith-based program at Northwest Bible Baptist Church in Elgin.
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Religious leaders gather at ISKCON Temple for monthly interfaith collaborationApr 05, 2026 9:17 pm - Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh and ISKCON Naperville hosted the monthly Naperville Interfaith Leaders' Association meeting in March, bringing together leaders from 11 different faith traditions to promote dialogue and community understanding.
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Easter Mass draws faithful at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des PlainesApr 05, 2026 2:13 pm - With sun streaming in through a skylight inside the Chapel of St. Joseph, Fr. Esequiel Sanchez delivered Easter Sunday mass in English to a full crowd at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines.
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With Mideast in conflict, Pope Leo criticizes those who invoke God for war
Apr 04, 2026 2:12 pm - As Leo XIV approaches his first Easter as pope, a new era of American military might cloaked in religious righteousness is presenting him with a challenge: How to confront a vision of God being articulated by the Trump administration and its supporters that sounds radically different from the view of the Vatican, spiritual epicenter of the world’s largest Christian faith.
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‘You can’t write this script’: How a small bible college found a ‘miracle building’ for its new Long Grove campusApr 04, 2026 11:30 am - Leaders of Dayspring Bible College and Seminary describe a former corporate headquarters in Long Grove as a miracle building that will house a new campus.
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‘A very prayerful experience’: Hundreds follow living Passion play through suburban streetsApr 03, 2026 5:18 pm - Believers followed living reenactments of Jesus Christ’s final hours on Good Friday, with dramatic street processions in several suburbs.
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Pope Leo XIV to carry cross for entire procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades
Apr 03, 2026 3:45 pm - Pope Leo XIV will personally carry the wooden cross through all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carries the cross to every station.
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Photos: Christians celebrate Good Friday, living stations of the crossApr 03, 2026 3:00 pm -
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Good Friday is a unique and solemn day for Christians, with ancient prayers and fervent processions
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‘A regular neighborhood guy’: Suburban mayors talk White Sox with Pope Leo XIV during trip to the VaticanApr 02, 2026 7:02 pm - Illinois mayors met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican during a private audience at the Vatican this week, discussing baseball and the White Sox with the Chicago-born pontiff who joked the team “could use a few more wins.”