Religion
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'Listening session' at St. Thomas to help determine direction of Catholic ChurchMar 22, 2022 11:00 pm - St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Naperville invites the community to an in-person "listening session" on Monday, April 4. It will be held at 7 p.m. in the chur...
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Improv Playhouse Theater to stage 'The Last Supper Chronicles'Mar 22, 2022 11:00 pm - The Improv Playhouse will produce "The Last Supper Chronicles," following a pandemic hiatus of two years. The inspirational story dramatizes the last hour of the Last S...
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Elgin's First Congregational Church continues spring concert seriesMar 22, 2022 11:00 pm - The fourth week of First Congregational's Spring Music Series will feature James Russell Brown, chair of the organ and harpsichord program at Northern Illinois Universit...
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Hoffman Estates assures church it's welcome in redevelopment areaMar 21, 2022 5:30 am - A Hoffman Estates church hoping to relocate its services has received assurances from village leaders that its proposed move would not be at odds with planned retail and...
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Live updates: Pope slams war as 'sacrilege,' 'repugnant'
Mar 20, 2022 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has denounced Russia's 'œrepugnant war'ť against Ukraine as 'œcruel and sacrilegious inhumanity.'ť In some of his strongest words yet since ...
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Pope releases Vatican reform, gives weight to fighting abuse
Mar 19, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Pope Francis released his long-awaited reform program of the Holy See bureaucracy on Saturday that envisages greater decision-making roles for the laity and ...
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Live updates: Pope visits Ukrainian children in hospital
Mar 19, 2022 7:00 am - ROME - Pope Francis has paid a visit to some of the Ukrainian children who escaped the Russian invasion and are currently being treated at the Vatican's pediatric hospit...
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Grassroots groups help rescue Holocaust survivors in Ukraine
Mar 19, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Since the shelling began to intensify in Kyiv and Kharkiv about a week ago, Julia Entin has been working feverishly - thousands of miles away in Los ...
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Pope asserts Ukraine right to defense in blasting Russia war
Mar 18, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Pope Francis on Friday denounced the 'œperverse abuse of power'ť on display in Russia's war in Ukraine and called for aid to Ukrainians who he said had been ...
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Synagogue services go on as planned after bomb threat in Highland ParkMar 18, 2022 1:00 am - Shabbat services were held as planned by a Highland Park synagogue Friday just hours after it received an antisemitic phone call and a bomb threat. On a Facebook post, N...