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Mobile pantry repeats May 12

Mobile Food Pantry on April 14 at Aurora church

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
AURORA, Ill., April 9, 2021 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., April 14, 5 – 6:30 p.m., at Our Lady ofRead More

The inventor of basketball would be proud

5 faith facts as Baylor and Gonzaga square off for NCAA hoops crown

Basketball
by: Bob Smietana| April 5, 2021 (RNS) — March Madness ends tonight with the ultimate church league showdown For the first time in two years, the NCAA will crown aRead More

It's been two years since Moody announced it was selling its AM stations...

Sold: WMBI radio station

DAILY HERALD, April 2, 2021 — WMBI 1110-AM, radio flagship of Chicago’s Moody Bible Institute since 1926 and the oldest noncommercial Christian radio station in the country, has been sold,Read More

Mobile pantry repeats April 14

Mobile Food Pantry on March 10 at Aurora church

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
AURORA, Ill., Feb. 28, 2021 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., March 10, 5 – 6:30 p.m., at Our Lady ofRead More

Biden’s executive order may be raising the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. from 15,000 to 125,000, but the work needed to rebuild the gutted resettlement apparatus have many admitting it’s unlikely the United States will reach that target anytime soon.

Faith-based refugee resettlement groups describe what it will take to rebuild program after Trump cuts

Refugees at border
by: Emily McFarlan Miller Feb. 5, 2021 (RNS) — Daad Serweri had been waiting for five years to come to the United States as a refugee. Having worked as anRead More

Perhaps not surprisingly, nearly half of white evangelicals in the U.S. (49%) said their faith grew stronger...

Survey: Americans most likely to say pandemic has boosted their faith

COVID-19 at Church Guidelines
by: Yonat Shimron Jan. 27, 2021 (RNS) — Faith is one way some people cope with crisis. But according to a new Pew Research survey of 14 countries, the coronavirusRead More

A small but vocal minority wants to punish the new president for his support of legalized abortion...

Catholic bishops split on how to deal with Biden – Opinion

Cardinal Blase Cupich
by: Thomas Reese Jan. 21, 2021 (RNS) — The American Catholic bishops are split over how to deal with Joe Biden, the first Catholic president since John F. Kennedy, butRead More

It was an appropriately spiritual beginning to a faith-infused day and what is shaping up to be an unapologetically religious presidential term for Biden...

For President Joe Biden, an Inauguration filled with faith

President Joe Biden walk parade route
by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2021 (RNS) — President Joe Biden began Inauguration Day the same way he did Election Day and most Sundays in between: he went toRead More

“This is a result of the lies that have been spread about President Trump and many of his supporters”...

Catholic leaders, progressive and conservative, condemn the violence at the Capitol

Trump marchers at the U.S. Capitol
By Claire Giangravé VATICAN CITY, Jan. 7, 2021 (RNS) — Progressive and conservative Catholic leaders condemned the storming of the Capitol, calling the mob’s actions Wednesday (Jan. 6) “sinful” andRead More

Configured in a cross shape, the array is visible from 20,000 feet above...

Mundelein Seminary activates sun-powered cross

Mundelein power cross
MUNDELEIN, Ill., Dec. 18, 2020 — The University of Saint Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary is activating a new solar array facility that will eventually provide more than 20 percentRead More