Religion
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John Paul II gunman lays flowers at Vatican tombDec 27, 2014 12:01 am - VATICAN CITY - The Turkish gunman who shot and wounded John Paul II in 1981 laid white flowers Saturday on the saint's tomb in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican officials sa...
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Church that served blacks off endangered listDec 26, 2014 12:01 am - WEST BADEN SPRING, Ind. - A nearly century-old church in southern Indiana that served blacks who migrated north for jobs at the area's resort hotels has been taken off t...
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Israel's ultra-Orthodox mull bigger role for womenDec 26, 2014 12:01 am - JERUSALEM - A struggle for women's rights is brewing within Israel's deeply conservative ultraorthodox community, where women, largely shut out of politics, are beginnin...
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Pope wishes Christmas hope and peace for MideastDec 25, 2014 12:01 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis focused his concern on those weeping in the world this Christmas, singling out refugees, hostages and others suffering in the Middle East, Af...
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Text of pope's Christmas Day messageDec 25, 2014 12:01 am - VATICAN CITY - Here is the official Vatican English-language translation of Pope Francis' ''Urbi et Orbi' Christmas Day message, which he delivered in Italian from the c...
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Cupich, Jackson address jail inmatesDec 25, 2014 12:01 am - Chicago's new archbishop and the city's best-known civil rights leader each delivered Christmas messages of hope to inmates at one of the nation's largest jails Thursday...
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Gold coin dropped in Arlington Hts. Salvation Army kettleDec 23, 2014 12:01 am - The Salvation Army announced Tuesday that a 1901 Liberty Heard $10 Eagle gold piece with an estimated value of approximately $850 was dropped in a red kettle at the Jewe...
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Spiritual leaders offer insights into service as a 'Pathway to Peace'Dec 22, 2014 10:00 pm - Sikh Religious Society, Palatine, hosted an Interfaith Peace Conference, along with an open house at its Gurdwara Sahib facilities at 1280 Winnetka St., in Palatine, in ...
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A list of Pope Francis' 15 "Ailments of the Curia"Dec 22, 2014 12:01 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis listed 15 "ailments" of the Vatican Curia during his annual Christmas greetings to the cardinals, bishops and priests who run the central adm...
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Pope issues blistering critique of Vatican bureaucratsDec 22, 2014 12:01 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis issued a blistering critique Monday of the Vatican bureaucracy that serves him, denouncing how some people lust for power at all costs, live ...