Religion
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Church says Cardinal Pell returning to Vatican in crisis
Sep 28, 2020 1:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia - Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis' former finance minister, will soon return to the Vatican during an extraordinary economic scandal for the first...
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Rabbis adapt High Holidays to 2020's unique challengesSep 26, 2020 1:00 am - Like Rabbi Joe says, people who are in a hospital would rather not be there. That includes Jewish patients laid up over Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the former a celeb...
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Pope to UN: Use COVID crisis to come out better, not worse
Sep 25, 2020 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Pope Francis urged world leaders Friday to use the coronavirus emergency as an opportunity to reform the injustices of the global economy and the 'œperverse ...
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Trump camp hopes Mideast pacts translate to Jewish support
Sep 25, 2020 7:00 am - Jewish American voters have leaned Democratic for decades, but Republicans are hoping the recent steps toward normalized relations between Gulf states and Israel - which...
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The Latest: Pope tells UN pandemic is opportunity for change
Sep 25, 2020 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Latest from the U.N. General Assembly (all times EDT): 10:15 a.m. Pope Francis has urged world leaders to use the coronavirus emergency as an o...
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New Wheaton College study explores payday lending's impact in DuPage CountySep 24, 2020 11:00 pm - New research by Anna Cole (Wheaton College Class of 2021) and faculty adviser Timothy Taylor, Ph.D. was published recently by the Center for Public Justice, a Christian ...
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Temple B'Nai Israel begins religious school year Oct. 13Sep 24, 2020 11:00 pm - Temple B'nai Israel in Aurora will begin its 2020-21 religious school year on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Hebrew classes start on Sunday, Oct. 18. This virtual, personal learnin...
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Powerful Vatican Cardinal Becciu resigns amid scandal
Sep 24, 2020 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - The powerful head of the Vatican's saint-making office, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, resigned suddenly Thursday from the post and renounced his rights as a cardin...
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Ginsburg's empathy born of Jewish history and discrimination
Sep 24, 2020 7:00 am - In the Jewish tradition, burials usually take place within 24 hours of death. But Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18, was lying in state nearly a week later Thursda...
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27 permanent Catholic deacons to be ordained on Sept. 26Sep 22, 2020 11:00 pm - Twenty-seven permanent Catholic deacons will be ordained at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Masses on Saturday, Sept. 26, at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, 7740 S. Western Ave., Ch...