Religion
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2015 Humanitarian Award given to Elgin councilman who diedJan 17, 2015 12:01 am - Longtime Elgin City Council member Robert Gilliam was given the 2015 Humanitarian Award posthumously at Saturday's Elgin prayer breakfast at Elgin Community College. Gil...
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POPE WATCH: Listen to women, Francis saysJan 16, 2015 10:00 pm - Pope Francis is in the Philippines on Sunday, the final full day of a weeklong trip that also took him to Sri Lanka. Here are some glimpses of his visit as it unfolds: _...
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Storm cuts short pope's trip to typhoon-hit Philippine cityJan 16, 2015 10:00 pm - TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) - Pope Francis traveled to the far eastern Philippines to comfort survivors of devastating Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, then cut his own trip short...
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AP PHOTOS: Post-typhoon, can the pope repair broken ties?Jan 16, 2015 10:00 pm - TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) - After Pope Francis' visit to the central Philippine city of Tacloban on Saturday, a group of Filipinos took shelter from the rain under a ta...
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Philippine crowd building for papal MassJan 16, 2015 10:00 pm - MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos filled Manila's main park for Pope Francis' final Mass on Sunday, braving a steady rain to hear the pontiff...
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Pope on free speech: What about turning the other cheek?Jan 15, 2015 10:00 pm - MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Whatever happened to turning the other cheek? Pope Francis made headlines when he said en route to the Philippines that there were limits to f...
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POPE WATCH: Stormy weather may cut short Tacloban visitJan 15, 2015 10:00 pm - Pope Francis is visiting the Philippine city devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, on a two-country Asia tour that also took him to Sri Lanka. Here are some glimpses of ...
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St. Patrick in Wadsworth begins Catholic Schools Week with open houseJan 15, 2015 10:00 pm - St. Patrick School in Wadsworth will host its annual Open House on Sunday, Jan. 25, to kick off the nationwide Catholic Schools Week. Sunday morning activities will in...
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Duke nixes plan to use chapel tower for Muslim prayer callJan 14, 2015 10:00 pm - DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Days after announcing that a Muslim call to prayer would echo from its historic chapel tower, Duke University changed course Thursday following a flu...
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Pope on climate change: Man has 'slapped nature in the face'Jan 14, 2015 10:00 pm - ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) - Pope Francis said Thursday he is convinced that global warming is "mostly" man-made and that he hopes his upcoming encyclical on the enviro...