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Chicago religious groups pulled their opposition to a compromise plan to charge non-profits for city water after some last-second lobbying.

It survived the Great Fire, but it couldn't survive a certain kind of progress.

The Archdiocese of Chicago says it no longer has a demo date set for St. James Catholic Church.

Workers are saying good-bye to the bells at St. James Church in Chicago.

February 10th might have been Chicago's day of infamy--the date remembered for the greatest mass murder in our history.The year was 1916. George Mundelein had just arrived in Chicago to take charge of the Catholic archdiocese. At 43 he was young for an archbishop.

Chicago aldermen aren't raising much of a stink over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to boost water fees to pay for new water and sewer lines. But they are concerned over who'll get those construction jobs.Ald.

Updated 5/23/11 at 9:13pmOutspoken Catholic priest, Rev. Michael Pfleger, returned to the pulpit of St. Sabina Church on Sunday where he celebrated mass for the first time since his suspension.