Religion
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Pope, UN issue message on migrants, climate, nuclear weapons
Dec 20, 2019 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis and the U.N. chief issued a joint year-end message Friday urging the world to remember children dying of hunger, migrants seeking safety...
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Muslim, Jewish women come together to promote tolerance, understandingDec 20, 2019 12:00 am - Shazia Khan and Linda Rothnagel have more things in common than is apparent at first glance. Khan, of South Barrington, is a hijab-wearing Muslim, originally from Hydera...
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Children get in the Hanukkah spirit with holiday singalongDec 20, 2019 12:00 am - Kids at the Jacob Duman Early Childhood Center near Lake Zurich got a head start on Hanukkah with an all-school singalong for parents Friday. "While it's a couple of da...
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Someone took Statue of Maryville leader Smyth, and the archdiocese wants it backDec 19, 2019 12:00 am - A statue honoring the late Rev. John P. Smyth vanished from the Maryville Academy campus in Des Plaines three months ago, and now Archdiocese of Chicago officials are ca...
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Elgin's Kneseth Israel dedicates new sensory-friendly room as part of Hanukkah celebrationDec 18, 2019 10:00 pm - "Hanukkah means dedication. One of the things that we are dedicated to is making Congregation Kneseth Israel as accessible as possible," said Rabbi Margaret Frisch Klein...
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Visible signs of love and the Christmas storyDec 18, 2019 10:00 pm - I recently met Kelly Andrew and Ethan Lynette while spending a day with my wife poking around in Bellingham, Washington. Driving through the Fairhaven district, I happen...
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St. Colette Catholic School in Rolling Meadows could close amid enrollment, funding shortfallsDec 18, 2019 4:30 am - A dozen years after receiving a national award for educational excellence, St. Colette Catholic School in Rolling Meadows could be ordered by the Archdiocese of Chicago ...
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This time of year brings miracle of lightDec 17, 2019 10:00 pm - I am the light of the world ... - John 8:12 (NIV) When December rolls around, I start informing all my friends and family that the countdown has begun. Oh, I'm not refe...
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Wheaton church to tell 'Visitations -An Advent Story' Dec. 22Dec 17, 2019 10:00 pm - First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton invites the community to "Visitations - An Advent Story" during the 8:30 and 11 a.m. worship on Sunday, Dec. 22. Over 2,000 years a...
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Arlington Heights welcomes everyone to Menorah LightingDec 17, 2019 10:00 pm - The Arlington Heights community is invited to Light Up Arlington Heights at the second annual Menorah Lighting, sponsored by the Chabad Jewish Center of Arlington Height...