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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Lucas Lona holds “Techniques of Solomonic Magic” at the Malliway Bros. Shop in Rodgers Park on March 7, 2025. Lona says this is one of his favorite items in the store.

Sorcerer Lucas Lona summons a world of witchcraft

Linnea Cheng and Aleksa Kirkus April 28, 2025

The book-lined walls of Malliway Bros. Magic and Witchcraft lead directly to the register where Lucas Lona stands helping patrons and organizing inventory. Spellbooks, candles and crystals fill the shelves...

Edited by Preciosa Rios

Swipe right for God: The truth about religious dating apps

Olivia Hanif, Contributing Writer April 21, 2025

Spring is here, and romance is in the air. As the days get warmer, people are once again looking for connection. Some might find love in a classroom, during a lakeside jog or, more commonly these days,...

Does your religion feel like a chore?

Does your religion feel like a chore?

Siona Chibber, Contributing Writer April 21, 2025

Following a religion can feel like a chore — at least that’s how some people treat it. Is practicing and maintaining faith truly difficult, or are people simply losing interest?   It’s increasingly...

How a season of fasting turned into a lifestyle of restriction

How a season of fasting turned into a lifestyle of restriction

Rose O’Keeffe, Content Managing Editor April 21, 2025

I did ballet my whole childhood. I was used to wearing leotards, staring at myself in towering 7-foot mirrors, comparing myself to other girls, striving for perfection. But I could always eat.  Ballet...

What my grandparents’ church taught me about community

What my grandparents’ church taught me about community

Jake Cox, Digital Managing Editor April 21, 2025

Since I was a little kid, on Easter, Christmas, for funerals and the occasional random Sunday, my family would pile into the car and head to my grandparents’ church. The small sanctuary, tucked into...

Your faith is valid with or without religion

Your faith is valid with or without religion

Sana Hajidamji, Opinion Beat Writer April 21, 2025

When asked if I’m religious, I struggle to answer. Honestly, I’m not entirely sure. Growing up, I was constantly involved with my religious community. I attended religious classes, prayed with my community...

Growing up with religious inconsistency

Growing up with religious inconsistency

Brielle Kohlbeck, Opinion Editor April 21, 2025

“God is great, God is good, let us thank him for our food. Amen.” Holding hands with my best friend Olivia on my right and her father on my left, I sat at the dinner table before her mother’s...

Where is the line between realistic and performative religious imagery?

Where is the line between realistic and performative religious imagery?

Siona Chibber, Staff Writer January 28, 2024

From Lil Nas X’s blasphemous “Montero” music video to the film “Saltburn,” religious imagery continues to insert itself into pop culture. The avenues for artists to express their support or criticism...

La iglesias católicas crean un espacio de fe a pesar de las dinamicas religiosas entre los latinos estan cambiando.

La evolución de creencias religiosas muestra la diversidad de la comunidad latina en Chicago

Alexa Bañuelos, Contributing Writer April 30, 2023

La Semana Santa es una conmemoración de la crucifixión y resurrección de Jesucristo y, aunque es celebrado por muchos creyentes latinos en Chicago y por todo el mundo, las creencias de algunos de ellos...

The exterior of the First Baptist Church in Cameron, La., on Sunday, May 23, 2021 shows how it was heavily damaged during Hurricane Laura last year. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)

Religion falters as more Americans reject traditional institutions

Hayley DeSilva, Staff Writer May 31, 2021

A recent Gallup poll found that the percentage of Americans with a membership at a house of worship fell under 50 percent for the first time in 80 years.  As a whole, religion’s influence in the...

Photo by Muhummad Mallick

Students for Justice in Palestine protest US policies, Israeli detentions

Timothy Duke, Contributing Writer January 22, 2018

Despite frigid, blustery conditions, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) marched and held a rally at DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus on Jan. 18, 2018. Protesters stood in solidarity with prisoners and...

Photo courtesy of Anna Wolfe

Where are all the Catholics at the nation’s largest Catholic school

Jonathan Ballew, Assistant News Editor January 22, 2018

When Selena Miller, a practicing Catholic, applied to DePaul, she had no idea it was a Catholic university. Damita Menezes, another practicing Catholic, said she has met only one other Catholic student...

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