Muslims from around the world gathered at the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for worship and reflection on the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage.
Muslim pilgrims converge at Mount Arafat for daylong worship as Hajj reaches its peak
Category: religion
Franciscan Health holds memorial for unborn babies that didn’t survive 20 weeks
The Little Angels Memorial Service at Assumption Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum in Glenwood remembered 27 unborn babies that did not survive past 20 weeks in the womb.
Religion roundup: Waterfall blessing, cash raffle, ice cream social and more
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More than 10,000 Southern Baptists meet in Indianapolis; could bar churches with women pastors
More than 10,000 voting representatives gathered Tuesday for the opening of the Southern Baptist Convention’s two-day annual meeting, where they will vote on whether to ban churches with women pastors and deliberate yet again on how to respond to sexual abuse within churches.
Religion roundup: Greek Fest, party in parking lot, and more
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Chicago truck driver raises awareness for childhood friend held hostage in Gaza
The box truck was parked beside a quiet sidewalk in the West Loop. A few people stopped, glancing curiously at the image flashing on its trailer: a young man, his expression resolute but tinged with sadness. Below his figure was a message in bold letters: “Chicagoan kidnapped by Hamas.” “He’s always up there,” said the truck’s driver, Jeremiah Smith, 27, as he stared at the image. “I always know that.” Twelve hours a day, six days a week, Smith drives the truck through the Chicago area, raising awareness for the scores of Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas. But the […]
As St. Bernadette’s prepares to close its doors, officials make goodbye plans for Evergreen Park church
When the Chicago Archdiocese announced the merger in 2022, many St. Bernadette’s parishioners were disappointed. Some had grown up going to that church, but despite entreaties to remain open and a petition to save the neighborhood church, the move marched forward.
From National Guard to Catholic priesthood: ‘I wanted to live for something higher than myself’
Timothy Berryhill was a Blackhawk helicopter pilot with the Illinois National Guard before joining St. George Catholic Church in Tinley Park, where he was inspired to enroll in seminary. He was ordained May 18 at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.
Pope apologizes after being quoted using vulgar term about gay men in talk about ban on gay priests
Pope Francis apologized Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar and derogatory term about gay men to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests.
Families frustrated over Flossmoor Catholic school’s response to racism
Parents of students enrolled at an elementary school in Flossmoor are calling for the school’s management to take a stronger stance against racism after its first Black principal received hate mail. Felicia Clotworthy was brought in as principal for Infant Jesus of Prague Catholic Elementary School in June 2023, Lynnnette Wright, whose son attends the school, told the Daily Southtown. But six months later, a letter addressed to Clotworthy from an unnamed sender and dated December 31 used a racial slur to address the school official. “We know there have been incidents at Infant Jesus […]