Religion
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Constable: Food pantry work earns pope trip for 'local Mother Teresa'Sep 22, 2015 5:30 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com When Pope John Paul II performed an open-air Mass in 1979 in Chicago's Grant Park, LaVerne Horgan didn't go. "I couldn't. I ...
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Group from Mundelein Seminary headed to see Pope FrancisSep 22, 2015 1:00 am - A dozen people associated with the University of St. Mary of the Lake and its Mundelein Seminary are among the Catholics traveling to see Pope Francis on the pontiff's f...
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Images: Pope Francis in Cuba
Sep 22, 2015 1:00 am - SANTIAGO, Cuba (AP) - Pope Francis on Tuesday called on Cubans to rediscover their Catholic heritage and live a "revolution of tenderness," powerful words in a country w...
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Suburban Catholics head east to see Pope Francis: 'God is present with him'Sep 21, 2015 1:00 am - The first time Faustina Ferko saw the pope, it changed her life. A college student visiting Rome, she and her friends skipped out on their tour group and found their way...
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Elgin teen writes children's bookSep 20, 2015 11:00 pm - Fourteen-year-old Shane Cloonan of Elgin never thought a story he wrote as a class assignment would turn into a children's book. Shane, a freshman at St. Viator High Sch...
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Religious leaders rally in Naperville in face of hate crime caseSep 20, 2015 1:00 am - The stole that hangs around the shoulders of the Rev. Tom Capo depicts various emblems: the Jewish Star of David, the Christian cross, the Buddhist Wheel of Dharma, the ...
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Bloomingdale church dedicates monument to Ukranian RevoltSep 20, 2015 1:00 am - The Ukranian Revolt of 2014, known as the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine, may not seem a significant geopolitical event to many Americans, but the courage and sacrific...
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Pope Francis praises US-Cuba detente as model for worldSep 19, 2015 1:00 am - HAVANA - Pope Francis hailed detente between the United States and Cuba as a model of reconciliation for the world, urging Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro to per...
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Archdiocese adds director of publications and media with suburban rootsSep 18, 2015 1:00 am - The Archdiocese of Chicago has named Grant Gallicho as its director of publications and media, a new position in which he will review the Archdiocese's publications stra...
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Shroud of Turin exhibit in Libertyville through SundaySep 18, 2015 1:00 am - Marytown's Shroud of of Turin exhibit is coming to a close this weekend. It'll run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, and Sunday, Sept. 20. The exhibit in Founde...