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Northern Illinois Food Bank in Woodstock, Ill.

As COVID continues, church-run food pantries, ministries adapt and expand

Northern Illinois Food Bank mobile RNS
by: Bob Smietana WOODSTOCK, Ill., Dec. 6, 2021 (RNS) — On a cold, cloudy afternoon in late November, two dozen volunteers were busy unloading a truckload of food in theRead More

The survey of 6,485 U.S. adults polled online in September...

Survey: Americans think bad things just happen; God is not responsible

by: Yonat Shimron Nov. 23, 2021 (RNS) — Few Americans blame God when bad things happen in their lives, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that looks atRead More

Eight in 10 U.S. churches now provide hybrid services...

Amid COVID-19, most churches provide hybrid worship, half stopped picnics

Hybrid church shows growth
by: Adelle M. Banks Nov. 10, 2021 (RNS) — Eight in 10 U.S. churches now provide hybrid services, offering options for congregants to worship either in person or online duringRead More

Graham, 69, suffered from constrictive pericarditis...

Franklin Graham undergoes heart surgery, expects full recovery

Franklin Graham has heart surgery
by: Yonat Shimron Nov. 9, 2021 (RNS) — Franklin Graham, the conservative North Carolina evangelical and president of Samaritan’s Purse, has undergone heart surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.Read More

A select number of birds appear in the Bible — including hawks, sparrows and swallows — but...

For Christian birdwatchers, aka ‘ornitheoligists,’ religion takes flight

Northern Mockingbird
by: Jessica Mundie Nov. 11, 2021 (RNS) — It is early morning in the Great Smoky Mountains. Kevin Burrell is half asleep and wrapped tightly in his sleeping bag. BeforeRead More

Items for donation to MWFP and other pantries

The pope’s alleged remarks constitute an apparent rejection of some conservative Catholics in the U.S.

Biden: Pope called me a ‘good Catholic,’ said to ‘keep receiving Communion’

President Biden & Pope Francis
by: Jack Jenkins Oct. 29, 2021 (RNS) — President Joe Biden told reporters on Friday (Oct. 29) that when he met with Pope Francis earlier in the day, the pontiffRead More

In August, Pope Francis joined bishops in North and South America to encourage faithful and nonfaithful alike to receive the vaccine, calling it “an act of love.”

Pope Francis, emeritus pope among group given third dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI,Pope Francis
by: Claire Giangravé VATICAN CITY, Oct. 27, 2021 (RNS) — Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI likely received the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in October, according toRead More

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COVID-19 vaccination rate lags on East Side of Aurora

While Kane County Health Department officials admit they may never get 100% of the population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, they are concerned about areas that have a low percentage ofRead More

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Christianity Today: 17 Haiti Missionaries Kidnapped by Gang After Visiting Orphanage

(UPDATED) Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries is praying members of 400 Mawozo would come to repentance and release 16 American and one Canadian adults and children. Source: 17 Haiti Missionaries KidnappedRead More