Religion
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Pope not holding Legion superiors accountable for crimesOct 30, 2011 7:13 am - VATICAN CITY — When Pope Benedict XVI took over the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order last year, expectations were high that heads would roll over one of the gr...
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Georgia schools see drop in students for Bible classesOct 30, 2011 6:03 am - ATLANTA — In 2006, Georgia became the first state to allow Bible education classes in public schools, after much debate over the sticky issue of separation of church and...
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Cathedral mason finds marks of predecessorOct 29, 2011 5:47 am - WASHINGTON — In October 1963, a proud stonemason took an old nickel and probably with a hammer and chisel whacked a single dent in it. Then he and his colleagues took t...
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Suburban Hindus mark Diwali with celebrationsOct 27, 2011 5:30 am - Many suburban Hindus marked the religious festival of Diwali - commonly known as the festival of lights - Wednesday and celebrations continue today at many area temples....
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Hindus celebrate Diwali at Bartlett templeOct 27, 2011 12:00 am - The BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Bartlett, one of the biggest Hindu temples in the suburbs, marked the religious festival of Diwali — known as the festival of lights — an...
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Budzban: God doesn’t bear grudgesOct 26, 2011 12:00 am - “He never bears a grudge, nor remains angry forever.” #8212; Psalm 103:9 (TLB) I recall a few years ago, when my granddaughter called me late one afternoon c...
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Rockford monsignor named Bismarck bishopOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - BISMARCK, N.D. — Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday named an official with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford to be the next bishop for the Diocese in Bismarck. Sixty-on...
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Take a positive approach when giving out adviceOct 13, 2011 12:00 am - By Annettee Budzban “Brethren, if any person is overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort, you who are spiritual … should set him right and restore and reinstate him, w...
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Japanese church seeks help with rebuilding plans in Chicago suburbsOct 12, 2011 12:00 am - A Baptist congregation displaced by radiation from the nuclear plant meltdown after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami can’t go home again. But members are determined t...
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‘Baron of Barrington’ known for generosity, radio show on WJJGOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - A former Barrington-area car dealer, whose namesake, the Joseph J. Gentile Center, is home to the Loyola University basketball program, has died Gentile lived in Southwe...