Religion
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Geneva church's spring rummage sale returns April 21-23Apr 17, 2022 11:00 pm - The Spring Rummage and Bake Sale returns April 21-23 at United Methodist Church of Geneva, 211 Hamilton St. Sale hours will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 21; 9 a.m. to ...
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New episode of pastor podcast helps you prayApr 17, 2022 11:00 pm - The Rev. Brian Felker Jones of Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton hosts a podcast to help you with your daily prayers. Season 5: Episode 7 of the "Pastor Brian Pod...
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Holy days converging in April spark interfaith celebrations
Apr 17, 2022 7:00 am - It's a convergence that happens only rarely. Coinciding with Judaism's Passover, Christianity's Easter and Islam's holy month of Ramadan, Buddhists, Baha'is, Sikhs, Jain...
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Pope makes Easter plea for Ukraine peace, cites nuclear risk
Apr 17, 2022 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - On what is supposed to be Christianity's most joyful day, Pope Francis made an anguished Easter Sunday plea for peace in the 'œsenseless'ť war in Ukr...
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For many, Easter Sunday marks a return to in-person worship
Apr 17, 2022 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - For many U.S. Christians, this weekend marked the first time since 2019 that they gathered in person on Easter Sunday, a welcome chance to celebrate one of...
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Prayer, worship lift unaccompanied migrant teens in shelters
Apr 16, 2022 7:00 am - EL PASO, Texas (AP) - On all but three Sunday afternoons since last Easter, Bob Guerra - a Catholic deacon - has carefully packed his favorite crucifix, a Spanish-langua...
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Live Updates | Ukrainian mayor attends pope's Easter vigil
Apr 16, 2022 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Saturday invoked 'œgestures of peace in these days marked by the horror of war'ť in an Easter vigil homily in St. Peter's Basilica attende...
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Easter baskets blessed at Shrine of Our Lady of GuadalupeApr 16, 2022 1:00 am - Baskets holding ingredients for Easter dinners were blessed after more than 100 pilgrims to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe said the Rosary in a processional with th...
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Ukraine war weighs on pope's Good Friday Colosseum ritual
Apr 15, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - The war in Ukraine loomed over the traditional Good Friday Colosseum procession in Rome, after the Vatican's choice of a Russian woman to share bearing the c...
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Suburban Jews begin Passover holiday thinking of Ukrainians, right down to the matzahApr 15, 2022 5:00 am - After receiving a phone call from a fellow rabbi in Odessa, Ukraine, Rabbi Meir Moscowitz urged his Chabad of Northbrook congregation to come together this Passover in s...