“We are connected by God. We both lost children,” Hanan Shaheen tells president after discussing the dehumanization of Palestinians.
Mother of slain Plainfield boy Wadee Alfayoumi meets Biden for ‘human-to-human connection’
Category: religion
Pope Francis baptizes 21 babies in annual ceremony at the Sistine Chapel
Pope Francis baptized 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday period at the Vatican.
Ecuadorians celebrates Mass and community at Albany Park church
Members of the Ecuadorian community held a procession for the Virgin Mary in Albany Park commemorating a religious holiday known as the Virgin of the Cloud.
Syria’s dwindling Jewish community can visit one of the world’s oldest synagogues again
The handful of remaining Jews in Syria can again make pilgrimages to one of the world’s oldest synagogues where people from throughout the region once came to pray.
La Grange church’s Greatest Gift celebration draws 75 on Christmas day
La Grange’s Caring Place Foundation held its 22nd Annual Christmas Greatest Gift celebration and dinner at First Baptist Church.
Time-limit on display of Menorah in Lake Forest’s Market Square draws criticism
A decision by Lake Forest officials limiting the presence of a Menorah in Market Square this year is drawing criticism from some residents who believe the traditional Hanukkah symbol should be in place for the full eight days of the Jewish holiday.
Area performers bring ‘Messiah’ to life at La Grange church
Emmanuel Episcopal Church in La Grange hopes to make its first presentation of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ an annual event.
Today in History: Kwanzaa first celebrated
On Dec. 26, 1966, Kwanzaa was first celebrated.
Cardinal Blase Cupich celebrates Christmas Mass with Cook County Jail detainees
The Christmas morning Mass at the jail is an annual event for Cupich, who used it to remind the men that they were not forgotten.
Centuries-old angels uncovered at Boston church made famous by Paul Revere
The painted angels — with round childlike faces and wings — once were among the defining features of Old North Church when they were painted around 1730.