Religion
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Letter writing campaign focuses nutrition programsJun 14, 2016 11:00 pm - Members of Trinity Lutheran Church, 675 E. Algonquin Road, Des Plaines, participated in Bread for the World's annual Offering of Letters campaign, which engages churches...
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Moscow Patriarchate hopes for delay of pan-Orthodox meeting
Jun 14, 2016 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian Orthodox Church is waiting for the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate to respond to its proposal to delay a historic meeting of all the wor...
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It's a boy! Vatican leak trial takes surreal turn with birth
Jun 14, 2016 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican's criminal trial over leaked documents took a complicated but expected turn Tuesday with the birth of a baby named Pietro. Francesca Chao...
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Constable: Easier to curb carnage than hateJun 14, 2016 5:00 am - Muslims, gays, guns, gun-owners, gun-grabbers, politicians, Republicans, Democrats, Socialists, Communists, conservatives, liberals, Jews, Christians, Palestinians, Syri...
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Worshippers pray for more love, respect at Wheaton interfaith vigilJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - Hope brought together about 100 people from several faith communities at Hope Presbyterian Church in Wheaton on Tuesday night, where an interfaith prayer service was hel...
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Gay Christian, others thank Glen Ellyn Muslims for opening doorsJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - If there was a moment that captured why about 100 people gathered inside a mosque near Glen Ellyn Tuesday night, it came when Eric Ringquist embraced a national leader o...
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Positive remarks lead us in the right directionJun 13, 2016 11:00 pm - "Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body." - Proverbs 16:24 (NIV) There's nothing like a good compliment to lift your spirit. Whethe...
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Pope calls delivery of weapons, not food a 'strange paradox'
Jun 13, 2016 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Pope Francis told workers and diplomats Monday at the U.N. agency that delivers food to crisis areas it is "a strange paradox" that food often cannot get thr...
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Suburban mosque leaders denounce Orlando killingsJun 13, 2016 1:00 am - Suburban Muslim leaders are condemning the killing of 49 patrons at a gay nightclub in Orlando by a man who law enforcement officials said had leanings toward radical Is...
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Sign up now for 'Great Comeback' sports campJun 12, 2016 11:00 pm - You are invited to the "Great Comeback" sports camp! Come and join the fun! Hey, isn't that what summer is all about? We love kids at Bethany and we're sure you'll love ...