Religion in Chicago

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  Chicago Sun-Times

  

  3 days ago

  Hanukkah celebrations begin as Chicago area prepares for 8 days of lights

  suntimes.com - Violet Miller

  Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, is an eight-day commemoration that begins Thursday. Hanukkah celebrations in the Chicago area begin this …

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  Chicago Sun-Times

  

  3 days ago

  Notre Dame trustees select Robert Dowd as university’s 18th president

  suntimes.com - Associated Press

  The Rev. Robert Dowd will take over July 1. He succeeds the Rev. John Jenkins, who led the university for 19 years. SOUTH BEND, Ind. — University of …

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  Chicago Sun-Times

  

  Advocates for clergy sex abuse survivors want priest added to all Chicago-area dioceses’ predator clergy lists

  suntimes.com - David Struett

  Rev. Richard McGrath’s name belongs on lists of abusers kept by all Catholic dioceses where he worked, the Survivors Network of Those Abused by …

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  Chicago Sun-Times

  

  Catholic order, New Lenox school pay $2 million over accusation ex-principal raped a student

  suntimes.com - Robert Herguth

  The payout is in a lawsuit regarding the Rev. Richard McGrath, an Augustinian priest who ran Providence Catholic High School — and took the Fifth …

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  Chicago Sun-Times

  

  Jewish community in Skokie raises fears after Israeli yard signs stolen, torn up

  suntimes.com - Isabel Funk

  Multiple houses on several blocks were targeted overnight with their pro-Israel signs vandalized and stolen. Skokie residents Jon and Miriam Friedman …

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  Chicago Sun-Times

  

  Sister Jean’s latest fan? President Biden, who sent flowers during Chicago visit

  suntimes.com - Kade Heather

  Along with the bouquet, the president sent a note to the 104-year-old Loyola icon during his visit last week: “Dear Sister Jean, Thinking of you …