Religion
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Vatican earmarks $3.55 million for Ebola careJan 06, 2015 10:00 pm - VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican is increasing assistance to Western African countries hard-hit by the Ebola virus, setting aside 3 million euros ($3.55 million) to fund ...
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Families should treat each other with love and understandingJan 06, 2015 10:00 pm - "Love is patient and kind … it is not rude or unmannerly." - 1 Corinthians 13:4,5 (AMP) Many of us enjoy the idea of family legacies being passed down, such as a le...
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Accused priests lived at Mundelein seminary near school for 13 yearsJan 06, 2015 4:00 am - Priests accused of sexual misconduct against children lived on a Mundelein seminary's grounds for more than a decade, their names unknown to the public until the recent ...
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Bishop Hying to be installed in Gary, 4th to hold postJan 06, 2015 12:01 am - GARY, Ind. - Bishop Donald Hying is set to be installed as the fourth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Gary. Hying will be installed during a ceremony Tuesday at Holy A...
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Why critics distrust the archdiocese processJan 04, 2015 6:30 am - What makes an allegation of sexual abuse against a priest credible is the heart of the disagreement between the Chicago Archdiocese and victims' advocates. Victims' atto...
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Priests, employees and volunteers subject to archdiocese compliance standardsJan 04, 2015 6:30 am - Clergy, full- and part-time employees, and volunteers who work with children within the Archdiocese of Chicago are subject to these compliance standards, overseen by the...
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How the archdiocese is working to prevent abuseJan 04, 2015 6:00 am - It was 25 years after he was abused by a Catholic priest that Mike Hoffman finally decided to tell someone. In 2006, he was reading a newspaper article about victims of ...
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Illness can be reminder of our mortalityJan 04, 2015 12:01 am - I don't do "sick" well. Probably part of it is that I enjoy living life as fully as I can and being sick gets in the way of all the things I like to do. Of course, it m...
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Pope picks 15 new cardinals to reflect diversityJan 04, 2015 12:01 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis named 15 new cardinals Sunday, selecting them from 14 nations, including far-flung corners of the world such as Tonga, New Zealand, Cape Verd...
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Expansion plans announced for Bald Knob CrossJan 02, 2015 12:01 am - ALTO PASS, Ill. - Members of the board in charge of the Bald Knob Cross of Peace plan to expand the site and hire an executive director for the 11-story cross atop the t...