Religion
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Even the pope puts tape over the camera
Jan 07, 2017 6:19 am - By now, many internet users know that hackers can compromise the webcam on a laptop or other computing device so that it records video without the owner's knowledge. As ...
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Hari Om Mandir rings in the new year with devotees achievement awardsJan 06, 2017 10:00 pm - The Devotees at HOM in Medinah, Ill., continued their age old tradition of ringing in the new year with "Akhand Ramayan Path." On Saturday, Dec. 31, at 11 a.m., and comp...
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Cardinal installed as new leader of Archdiocese of Newark
Jan 06, 2017 6:00 am - NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The 1.5 million Roman Catholics in the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, welcomed a cardinal as their new shepherd. Cardinal Joseph Tobin was instal...
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Ask God for help with your resolutionsJan 06, 2017 5:00 am - "If you repent, I will restore you. - Jeremiah 15:19 (NIV) It's that time of year again. The time we all sit back and get our list of resolutions started. We feel the b...
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Therapist to speak on how music benefits the brainJan 04, 2017 10:00 pm - Board-certified music therapist Mary Helen Ekstam will talk about how music benefits the brain in "Music and the Brain" from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at St. Thoma...
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Pope appeals for humane prisons after Brazil prison riot
Jan 04, 2017 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis has prayed for those who were killed in this week's Brazil prison riots, saying penitentiary conditions must be 'worthy of human persons...
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Elgin church offers candlelight guided meditation on SundaysJan 02, 2017 10:00 pm - First Congregational United Church of Christ's meditation and quiet reflection practice will begin from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, at the church, 256 E. Chicago St. in...
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Phyllis Unterschuetz to keynote MLK Interfaith Prayer BreakfastJan 02, 2017 10:00 pm - Phyllis Unterschuetz, an author, speaker and workshop facilitator who has been doing field research on the dynamics of racial conditioning for 20 years, will be the keyn...
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AP FACT CHECK: Pope isn't seeking Islam, Christianity merger
Jan 02, 2017 6:00 am - A widely shared story that claimed Pope Francis called for merging Islam and Christianity is false. The story quotes Francis as telling a Vatican audience: "Jesus Christ...
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Pope to bishops: Maintain 'zero tolerance' for child abuse
Jan 02, 2017 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis has exhorted Catholic bishops worldwide to do what's needed to ensure children are protected from sexual abuse by clergy. The Vatican on...