Religion
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Ash Wednesday 'Ashes to Go' returns to Geneva Metra station March 6Feb 25, 2019 10:00 pm - March 6 is Ash Wednesday, and once again the clergy and parishioners of St. Charles Episcopal Church will be at the Geneva Metra train station offering "Ashes to Go" dur...
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Analysis: Pope's sex abuse summit: What it did and didn't do
Feb 25, 2019 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis' summit on preventing sexual abuse was never going to meet the expectations placed on it by victims groups, the media and ordinary Catho...
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Top Celtic musicians to perform at St. Patrick's Day service at Christ Church Downers GroveFeb 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Bagpipes aside, on St. Patrick's Day it may be normal to hear live musicians playing a fiddle, banjo or beating a bodhran. But hearing all of these instruments performin...
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Five churches to host community Ash Wednesday serviceFeb 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Five Fox Valley United Methodist churches will partner in a joint Ash Wednesday service to open Lent. The service will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at Sugar Grove...
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Women take Catholic bishops to task at Vatican abuse summit
Feb 23, 2019 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - A prominent Nigerian nun blasted the culture of silence that has long kept clergy sexual abuse hidden in the Catholic Church, telling Catholic leader...
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The Latest: US ambassador: Protect children, stop sex abuse
Feb 22, 2019 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Latest on Pope Francis' sex abuse summit at the Vatican (all times local): 5:15 p.m. The U.S. ambassador to the Vatican says she hopes the Holy S...
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US cardinals hope new accountability stops abusers in future
Feb 22, 2019 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Two U.S. cardinals attending the Vatican's sex abuse prevention summit said Friday that the downfall of their former colleague, Theodore McCarrick, w...
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A global look at the Catholic Church's sex abuse problem
Feb 21, 2019 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' high-stakes sex abuse prevention summit is meant to call attention to the crisis as a global problem that requires a global response. His de...
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Abuse victims: Italian law helps bishops dodge investigation
Feb 21, 2019 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - U.S. and Italian advocates for victims of pedophile priests are pressing for Italy to overhaul legislation that allows bishops to dodge accountability for pr...
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The Latest: Cardinal condemns how church handles sex abuse
Feb 21, 2019 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Latest on the Vatican's conference on dealing with sex abuse by priests (all times local): 5:45 p.m. A Colombian cardinal has warned fellow Roman...