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Muslims gather across suburbs for socially distanced Eid prayers

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Jul 31, 2020 1:00 am - Muslims gathered across the suburbs Friday for socially distanced communal prayers to observe the festival of Eid al-Adha. The Festival of Sacrifice, as it is known, mar...
Christ Church blood drive Aug. 6 aims to serve 70 area hospitals

Submitted by Elliott Peppers
Jul 29, 2020 11:00 pm - Lifeblood by its very definition is what sustains us as living beings. During this season of uncertainty and widespread health calamity, supplies of blood are extra val...
New Hope Baptist Church reopens West Suburban Community Pantry mobile site

Submitted by Deborah Newman
Jul 29, 2020 11:00 pm - Families are welcome to access the West Suburban Community Pantry Mobile Pantry Site at New Hope Baptist Church, 509 E. Briarcliff in Bolingbrook, on the First Wednesday...
Elgin's St. Hugh parishioners reconnect outdoors

Submitted by St. Hugh of Lincoln
Jul 28, 2020 11:00 pm - After weeks of not worshiping together in person, a pilot outdoor service was held on the grounds of St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church in Elgin Thursday, July 16. Car...
Lawsuit dismissed after sex offenders living at Aurora ministry find new homes

By Harry Hitzeman
Jul 26, 2020 11:00 pm - Sex offenders who sued to stay at the Wayside Cross Ministries halfway house in downtown Aurora after a judge ruled it is too close to a playground have dropped their li...
The Latest: Pope urges support for elderly during pandemic

By The Associated Press
Jul 26, 2020 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis led pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for the weekly Sunday blessing in a round of applause for elderly people suffering from lonelines...
26 deaths in 3 U.S. convents, as nuns confront the pandemic

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and DAVID CRARY Associated Press
Jul 24, 2020 7:00 am - LIVONIA, Michigan - At a convent near Detroit, 13 nuns have died of COVID-19. The toll is seven at a center for Maryknoll sisters in New York, and six at a Wisconsin con...
Mecca Center cancels prayer services after COVID-19 outbreak

By Susan Sarkauskas
Jul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - A DuPage County mosque is canceling on-site weekly congregational prayer services for the next two Fridays after 15 members tested positive for COVID-19. It also has can...
Biden urges Muslim Americans to help him defeat Trump

By MARIAM FAM and ELANA SCHOR
Jul 20, 2020 7:00 am - Democrat Joe Biden urged Muslim Americans on Monday to join him in the fight to defeat President Donald Trump as he addressed an online summit hosted by the advocacy org...
The Latest: Pope reassures those struggling with virus

By The Associated Press
Jul 19, 2020 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is assuring his closeness to all those grappling with COVID-19 and its 'œeconomic and social consequences.'ť Speaking on Sunday from his stud...

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