Religion
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St. Charles Episcopal Church to host Taize prayer service March 1Feb 17, 2020 10:00 pm - On Sunday, March 1, St. Charles Episcopal Church offers a Taizé prayer service at 5 p.m., featuring the parish choir and instrumentalists. Taizé is a small village in e...
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Aurora Methodists to feature Mardi Gras-style Fat Tuesday Dixieland jazz concertFeb 17, 2020 10:00 pm - On Feb. 25, Flowing Forth United Methodist Church in Aurora will stage a fourth annual Mardi Gras-style jazz concert for Fat Tuesday, to open Lent, 40 days leading to Ea...
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Elgin's St. Hugh of Lincoln Church to offer 'Drive Thru Ashes' Feb. 26Feb 17, 2020 10:00 pm - On Ash Wednesday, Feb. 26, busy commuters can begin their Lenten journey by driving through the parking lot of St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church, off the southeast co...
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Blue Lotus Temple to host Taste of Sri Lanka March 14Feb 17, 2020 10:00 pm - The 17th annual Taste of Sri Lanka fundraising dinner will be held on Saturday, March 14, at First Congregational Church, 461 Pierson St. in Crystal Lake. The fundraiser...
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Bobby Jo Valentine to perform Feb. 23 at Elgin churchFeb 17, 2020 10:00 pm - On Sunday, Feb. 23, First Congregational United Church of Christ, 256 E. Chicago St. in Elgin, will host a concert by singer-songwriter Bobby Jo Valentine at 3 p.m. Admi...
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Disgraced religious order tried to get abuse victim to lie
Feb 17, 2020 6:00 am - MILAN (AP) - The cardinal's response was not what Yolanda MartÃnez had expected - or could abide. Her son had been sexually abused by a priest of the Legion of Christ,...
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Priests of disgraced Legion face trial for obstruction claim
Feb 17, 2020 6:00 am - MILAN (AP) - The Vatican effort to reform the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order is coming under new scrutiny, with four Legion priests and a Legion lawyer due t...
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Montenegro PM, Serbian church bishop meet on religious law
Feb 14, 2020 6:00 am - PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) - Montenegro's prime minister on Friday met with the top Serbian Orthodox Church bishop in the country in a bid to defuse tensions over a cont...
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Suburban women's gathering March 6-7 to put focus on community, faithFeb 13, 2020 10:00 pm - IF:Gathering 2020 for suburban Chicago will be held on March 6-7 at Christ Church Oak Brook, 501 Oak Brook Road. "IF:Western Suburbs 2020 is a local women's conference t...
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Ex-Brazilian leader da Silva meets the pope, gets blessing
Feb 13, 2020 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met Thursday with Pope Francis at the Vatican, received a papal blessing and said the two discus...