Religion
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Coats 'n Votes: Practice compassion while exercising citizenshipOct 27, 2020 11:00 pm - Citizens from the six precincts (10, 25, 26, 27, 35 and 40) who vote at the Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin on Tuesday, Nov. 3, will be able to do an act...
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The Latest: Mask-less Pope Francis noticed by commission
Oct 27, 2020 7:00 am - ROME - The decision by Pope Francis to forgo wearing a mask has been noticed by a member of the Vatican's coronavirus commission. The Rev. Augusto Zampini acknowledged ...
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'We're working on it:' Pope's COVID advisers and the mask
Oct 27, 2020 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Pope Francis' decision to forgo wearing a mask has been noticed, with some concern, by the commission of Vatican experts he appointed to help chart the Catho...
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Pope Francis names 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory
Oct 25, 2020 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis names 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory. ...
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Pope names 13 new cardinals, including 1st Black US prelate
Oct 25, 2020 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to ...
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The Latest: No masks: Pope, Spanish PM meet at Vatican
Oct 24, 2020 7:00 am - LANSING, Mich. - Michigan has reported more than 3,000 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus - the highest daily count yet during the pandemic. The 3,338 new COVID-19 c...
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Virtual program to explore ways to celebrate holidays despite pandemicOct 23, 2020 11:00 pm - Thanks to COVID-19, the holidays this year will stir even deeper emotions and tension than usual because the virus has inflicted all kinds of losses in our lives. While ...
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Fiasco over pope's cut civil union quote intensifies impact
Oct 23, 2020 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - The world premiere of a documentary on Pope Francis was supposed to have been a bright spot for a papacy locked down by a pandemic and besieged by a corrupti...
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Complaint: Jewish students at U of I endure 'unrelenting campaign' of harassment
Oct 23, 2020 1:00 am - Jewish students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have endured "an unrelenting campaign of anti-Semitic harassment," according to a complaint filed with ...
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Catholic grade schools will start 2021 remotely
Oct 23, 2020 1:00 am - Catholic elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago will pivot to remote learning for two weeks at the start of 2021. Schools will begin e-learning on Jan. 4 and w...