Religion
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Pope canonizes first married couple in modern times
Oct 17, 2015 11:00 pm - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis canonized the Catholic Church's first married couple in modern times on Sunday, declaring the parents of the beloved St. Therese of Lisi...
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Pope calls for church that is far more decentralized
Oct 17, 2015 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis called Saturday for a Catholic Church that is far more decentralized, where they laity play a greater role, bishops conferences take car...
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Spain cardinal injured in crash day before Mass with pope
Oct 17, 2015 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - One of Spain's senior clergymen has been injured in a car crash in the eastern city of Valencia a day before he was due to celebrate Mass in Rome with Pope...
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Being a Jew in Iran means separating faith from region's tusslesOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - The Jews congregated at Tehran's Levian Synagogue recited prayers into the early hours, the men wearing skullcaps and the women flower-patterned head scarves. In a corne...
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Remains of youngest Catholic saint displayed in ChicagoOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - As the bones of an 11-year-old Italian farm girl traveled over the Chicago Skyway and into Illinois early Monday, police cruisers - from both the Illinois State Police a...
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Colonial church emerges from falling Mexican reservoirOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - MEXICO CITY - Leonel Mendoza fishes every day in a reservoir surrounded by forest and mountains in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. But in recent days, he also has ...
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US bishop warns of 'anxiety' at pope's family summit
Oct 16, 2015 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - The American archbishop who welcomed Pope Francis to the final rally of his U.S. tour warned Friday that Francis' big family summit of bishops risks ...
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City warns church after neighbor complains about choir noise
Oct 16, 2015 7:00 am - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The city of Oakland, California, sent a letter warning a church that it could be fined after a neighbor complained that choir practice was causing...
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There are many different ways to prayOct 16, 2015 5:00 am - "Give ear to me and hear my prayer." - Psalm 17:6 (NIV) Today, I am placing two important entries on the page of my gratitude journal. One is a long-standing prayer re...
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'Mosque Alert' explores reactions to Islamic worship housesOct 16, 2015 1:00 am - Theater productions often exist squarely in the realm of fiction, but one play set in Naperville is blurring the lines. Reality and story collide in "Mosque Alert" as t...