Lifestory: Loyola’s Sister Jean captured hearts during March Madness. Now she’s written a book.
At 103, Chicago’s beloved Catholic sister, best known simply as ‘Sister Jean,’ has added publishing a memoir to her list of achievements. She speaks with EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service…
Postcards: Chicago pastor James Meeks bids a tearful farewell after 38 years at Salem Baptist
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports…
Catholic Church officials clear Chicago priest Pfleger of abuse claim
Chicago, USAP A prominent Roman Catholic priest known for his activism has been reinstated as leader of his Chicago parish after being cleared by church officials of allegations that he sexually abused a minor decades ago. The Chicago Archdiocese released a letter Saturday saying that a review board found “no reason to suspect” that Rev Michael Pfleger was guilty […]
Deconstruction or reconstruction? US pastors discuss a reboot of evangelicalism
Oak Park, Illinois, USRNS A conference about the future of the nation’s largest religious tradition began with a bit of honesty. “Nobody knows exactly what an evangelical is,” said Joel Lawrence, executive director of the Center for Pastor Theologians, at the opening of the Reconstructing Evangelicalism conference on Monday. The conference, which drew about 400 pastors and […]
Democrat-led Texas city steps up migrant busing to New York, outpacing Republican effort
El Paso, Texas, US Reuters The Democrat-led border city of El Paso, Texas, has sent more migrants on buses to New York City and Chicago than a campaign by Texas’ Republican governor, a twist in an ongoing partisan battle over US border security. El Paso, which sits across the border from Juarez, Mexico, has bused […]
Nearly two years after election, Episcopal Diocese of Chicago’s first Black female bishop takes office
Lombard, Illinois RNS Everyone would have understood if Bishop Paula E Clark had stepped away from her call to lead the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, said her fellow bishop, Mariann Edgar Budde of Washington, DC. Just weeks before she was set to take office in April, 2021, Clark experienced a brain bleed while exercising. Surgery followed, […]
‘Media nuns’ say goodbye to sweet home Chicago after more than 40 years
Chicago, United StatesRNS When the Daughters of St Paul received permission from Chicago’s then-Cardinal John Cody to open a bookstore in downtown Chicago in 1979, they hurried to make it happen in time for Pope John Paul II’s visit to the city later that year. By the time the Pope’s motorcade drove down Michigan Avenue […]
More than survival: For a small Chicago church, closing down was an act of faith
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on the closure of Grace Evangelical Covenant Church on Chicago’s North Side…
Updated: Suspect in 4th July parade shooting charged with seven counts of first degree murder; two-year-old boy orphaned in shooting
Updated: 11:15am (AEST)Highland Park, Illinois, USReuters The man accused of opening fire with a rifle from a rooftop onto a crowd of people watching a July Fourth parade near Chicago, turning the holiday celebration into another national tragedy, was charged on Tuesday with seven counts of first-degree murder. If convicted, the suspect, 21-year-old Robert E […]
Updated: At least six killed in US shooting at 4th July parade
Updated: 10.45am At least six people have been killed and dozens injured after a gunman opened fire during a 4th July parade near Chicago. Police have arrested a suspect following a brief car chase after earlier announcing they were searching for a 22-year-old suspect, identified as Robert (Bobby) E Crimo III. The incident unfolded at about […]