Religion
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'Finally': Pope meets Russian Orthodox leader
Feb 12, 2016 6:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - With an exclamation of "Finally," Pope Francis embraced Patriarch Kirill on Friday in the first meeting between a pontiff and the head of the Russian ...
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St. Alphonsus Liguori community celebrates school's survival for one more yearFeb 12, 2016 12:00 am - Parents, students and staff members at St. Alphonsus Liguori School in Prospect Heights Friday are celebrating the successful conclusion of their fundraising and registr...
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Revitalized El Paso ready to show off for papal tourists
Feb 11, 2016 6:00 am - EL PASO, Texas (AP) - No longer the desolate space it was a few years ago, downtown El Paso is ripe with new hotels, bars, restaurants - and bulldozers that herald the p...
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5 Things to Know about the pope's trip to Mexico
Feb 11, 2016 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - History's first Latin American pope travels to Mexico on Friday for a weeklong tour of some of the most violent, poverty-stricken and peripheral plac...
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The Latest: Trump: Pope is ill-informed on US-Mexico border
Feb 11, 2016 6:00 am - PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - The Latest from the 2016 campaign trail (all times local): 6:03 p.m. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is hitting Pope Francis o...
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Register now for 'Run for the Nuns' 5K Walk/RunFeb 10, 2016 10:00 pm - The second annual "Run for the Nuns" 5K Walk/Run will be 9:30 a.m. Sunday, March 6. Sign up now and get your racing season started! Or go at your own pace and be inspire...
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Pope on Ash Wednesday: charity's not to please ourselves
Feb 10, 2016 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis rubbed ashes on the bowed heads of prelates, nuns and ordinary Catholics Wednesday, and had them smudged on his own head, too, to usher ...
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Images: Ash Wednesday in the suburbs of ChicagoFeb 10, 2016 12:00 am - See observances of Ash Wednesday in the suburbs of Chicago. Suburban Catholics, Episcopalians and other Christians marked Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the 40-day Lent...
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Suburban Christians line up for ashes to start LentFeb 10, 2016 12:00 am - Christians across the suburbs opened the 40-day Lenten period of reflection and penance by marking Ash Wednesday. For many people, Ash Wednesday is commemorated by being...
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Deal between Wheaton College, professor creates scholarship in her nameFeb 10, 2016 12:00 am - Wheaton College will create an endowed scholarship for peace and conflict studies in the name of former political science professor Larycia Hawkins, school President Phi...