LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. -- When Chicago lifted its decades-old ban on surfing the city's beaches late last month, a cyber-roar went up throughout the surfing world, no more loudly than in Laguna Beach, Calif., my new hometown.
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”
If Rev. Dan Mayall had his way, the calendar might just skip the month of February.
A Cook County correctional officer who claimed he was harassed by colleagues because of his Arab ancestry was awarded $200,000 in damages by a federal jury Friday.
WAUSAU, Wis. -- Opening statements were set to begin Saturday in the trial of a father charged with second-degree reckless homicide for praying instead of seeking medical help for his gravely ill 11-year-old daughter.
In Florida, atheists are pioneering a new ritual: de-baptism.
God has heard it all before. You can't afford to take a pilgrimage to one of the world's sacred spots.
Blessings rained down Wednesday upon the defiled grounds of Burr Oak Cemetery as an ecumenical rainbow of leaders from diverse houses of worship re-consecrated what was formerly sacred but now is a crime scene. "Black and white, Jew and Gentile, Protestant and Catholic, Baptist and Greek Orthodox, we are here, all of us with one voice saying, 'These grounds are hallow again,' " said the Rev. Marshall Hatch of New Mount Pilgrim Church in Chicago.
The former No. 2 official of the Catholic church in Chicago admitted that he knew 25 priests broke the law by sexually abusing children but did not report them, according to depositions made public Tuesday. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Raymond E. Goedert's statements show "the lengths they went to to protect their reputation and the priest at the peril of the child," said attorney Jeff Anderson.
A Northwest Side church wants to build a new home for itself in Austin and make it a center for education and community services. Grace and Peace Community, a Christian church, has proposed a $10 million project for 1864 N. Leclaire. It plans to renovate an 80,000-square-foot building, an old Glidden paint factory, and turn part of it into a charter school.
Joining about 20 million other Americans who will move into a new home this summer, my family has just moved.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut sought Friday to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep under wraps sex abuse documents that could shed light on how a prominent retired cardinal handled the allegations.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Episcopalians are allowing bishops to decide whether to bless same-sex marriages. They’ll also start researching an official prayer service for gay couples.
