Religion
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Pope faces balancing act in Egypt amid security fears
Apr 27, 2017 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis is facing a religious and diplomatic balancing act as he heads to Egypt this weekend, hoping to comfort its Christian community after a ...
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East Dundee's Immanuel Lutheran buys local landmark landApr 26, 2017 11:00 pm - Students and staff from Immanuel Lutheran Church and School in East Dundee took an impromptu walk on Thursday afternoon after it was announced that the organization had ...
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Pope warns powerful to act humbly or risk ruin in TED talk
Apr 26, 2017 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis is warning the powerful to act humbly or risk ruin, using the first-ever papal TED talk to urge the world to show more solidarity with t...
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Ousted Maltese knight returns in defiance of pope's wishes
Apr 26, 2017 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - The religious soap opera at the ancient Knights of Malta religious order has taken on new drama on the eve of the election of a new leader. Pope Fran...
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St. Hugh's Coffee Concert Series continues Sunday with Rise JonesApr 26, 2017 1:00 am - On Sunday, April 30, St. Hugh Episcopal Church in Elgin welcomes Rise Dawn Jones as guest musician during the 10:30 a.m. service and featured performer at a noon concert...
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Use life's hardships to move closer to GodApr 25, 2017 11:00 pm - "You have chosen me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you (I have planted you), that you might go and bear fruit ... - John 15:16 (AMP) When I see the tulips...
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Pope pays to rent beach space for disabled youths
Apr 25, 2017 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - The papal almsgiver has made a donation, in the name of Pope Francis, to cover the annual rent for a beach area near Rome used by disabled youths. Th...
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Methodist court takes up challenge to election of gay bishop
Apr 25, 2017 7:00 am - NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The highest court in the United Methodist Church considered Tuesday whether to invalidate the election of the denomination's first openly gay bishop,...
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Sister celebrates 75th JubileeApr 24, 2017 11:00 pm - Sister Christine Nowak is celebrating 75 years with the Sisters of St. Joseph, Third Order of St. Francis, at a celebration June 10 at Clare Oaks in Barlett. A native of...
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Stop by 44th annual Strawberry Festival May 6Apr 24, 2017 11:00 pm - Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Elgin invites the community to the 44th annual Strawberry Festival from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at the church, 340 Grand Blvd., ac...