Chicago evangelicals push for immigration reform

Apr. 17, 2013
 Lobbying effort represents a major shift for some evangelicals, who traditionally have resisted offering legal status to illegal immigrants.

Gay Christian battles tensions in faith community

Apr. 16, 2013
After making the decision to start dating last September, Brad Allen came out to Facebook.

At Ebert's funeral, waiting for Westboro

Apr. 9, 2013
Would the infamous Westboro Baptist Church really show up to protest Roger Ebert's funeral? I didn't know, but I knew I needed to be there to defend Ebert's honor.

Holi celebration at Riverwalk Naperville: Photo of the Day - April 8, 2013

Apr. 8, 2013

The many epiphanies I didn't have from giving up drinking for Lent

Apr. 1, 2013
I was fairly certain I'd learn a few things about my relationship with alcohol and my own body during this time and I did. In that I didn't.

Chicago active in effort to ordain Catholic women priests

Mar. 29, 2013
The Roman Catholic Church has said the ordination of women is not up for discussion. But a growing number of women are pushing the issue through an underground movement.

'Media nuns' keep Catholics connected

Mar. 28, 2013
Sisters help others find the humanity in technology.

Vouchers upheld in Indiana court

Mar. 27, 2013
The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the nation's broadest school voucher program in a ruling supporters say could set a national precedent as other states look to build or expand programs that use public money to allow students to attend private schools.The state's highest court unan

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