Religion
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Pope encourages mobster-plagued town to take law's side
Jun 03, 2018 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Pope Francis is urging residents of a mobster-plagued Rome suburb to be courageous and side with the law. Francis celebrated an outdoor Mass on Sunday evenin...
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Pope decries deadly repression against Nicaraguan protesters
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Constable: Chinese orphan brings love and challenges to empty nestersJun 02, 2018 1:00 am - By Burt Constable Blessed with health, good jobs, lots of energy, the experience of seeing their six daughters grow into happy, productive adults, and the desire to do s...
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Pastor of Elgin's oldest church to retire, take up writingMay 31, 2018 11:00 pm - In 1991, the Rev. Paris Donehoo resigned from the church denomination he grew up in - and had been pastoring churches in - because, he says, it had been taken over by fu...
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Elgin pastor working on book decrying a 'polarized' AmericaMay 31, 2018 11:00 pm - Paris Donehoo's first post-retirement writing project is a book about the possibility of Americans getting along despite having opposing opinions in the age of Donald Tr...
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Bethel United Church of Christ to host annual rummage sale June 15-16May 31, 2018 11:00 pm - Bethel United Church of Christ will host its annual indoor rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, June 15, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 16, in its Welcome Cen...
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Never again: Pope denounces 'culture of abuse, cover-up'
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Korean unity at Vatican? Not so fast, but pope cheers anyway
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Televangelist wants his followers to pay for a $54 million private jet. It's his fourth plane.
May 30, 2018 1:00 am - If Jesus was to descend from heaven and physically set foot on 21st century earth, prosperity gospel televangelist Jesse Duplantis told his followers, the Redeemer would...
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Celebrate sensibly this summerMay 29, 2018 11:00 pm - " … to celebrate joyfully the dedication." - Nehemiah 12:27 (NIV) The months of May and June are packed with birthdays for our family. I know many of you have loved ones...