Religion
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U.S. converts to Islam consider life since 9/11Sep 11, 2011 5:00 am - DEARBORN, Mich. — For Caleb Carter, the road to becoming a Muslim took years. Sept. 11, 2001, was a turning point — specifically his high school teacher’s hostile reacti...
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Religion in the news: Interfaith activity increasesSep 11, 2011 5:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. — America’s houses of worship have increased their interfaith outreach since 9/11, a new survey has found. Still, about three-quarters of U.S. congregati...
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Harper College hosting interfaith Sept. 11 serviceSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - Hope is an important part of an interfaith service planned for 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, in Harper College’s Performing Arts Center, organizers say. “With the insani...
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Arlington Hts. priest works for interfaith workSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - The Rev. Corey Brost, a priest with the Clerics of St. Viator and chairman of the religion department at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, has been honored by...
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Hearing on hold in dispute over Catholic adoptionsSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Catholic Charities is delaying its plan to ask a judge to reconsider or stay his ruling that Illinois officials may cut off the nonprofit’s state contracts...
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Everyone benefits when old, young come togetherSep 07, 2011 3:38 am - I recently had a chance to attend a meeting of community organizations that bring together senior citizens and school-age children for a variety of activities and projec...
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Japanese Southern Baptists build Arlington Hts. churchSep 05, 2011 12:00 am - It's a story that could only happen in America. A Japanese Southern Baptist congregation that rents space in a Korean Baptist church in Schaumburg and has an office in a...
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Most U.S .Muslims feel targeted by terror policiesSep 04, 2011 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — More than half of Muslim-Americans in a new poll say that government anti-terrorism policies single them out for increased surveillance and monitoring, and ...
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On 9/11, cardinal consoles a citySep 04, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Cardinal Edward Egan was eating breakfast when then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani called to say there was a tragedy and the churchman was needed. A police car would soo...
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Religion news recap: Vatican suit dismissedSep 04, 2011 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY — A federal judge in New York has dismissed a lawsuit against the Vatican concerning rights to reproduce images from treasures in the Vatican Library. U.S. ...