Religion
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Pope's finance czar under scrutiny over spending exposeFeb 25, 2015 10:00 pm - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis' finance czar is coming under intense scrutiny after ruffling feathers at the Vatican as he seeks to impose order on its unruly finances...
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Justices appear to favor Muslim denied job over headscarfFeb 25, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Have you heard the one about the Sikh, the Hasidic Jew, the Muslim and the nun who walked into a job interview? Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito channele...
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Mount Prospect educator dedicated life to children, helping poorFeb 25, 2015 12:00 am - Mary Van Wazer left St. Zachary Catholic School in Des Plaines more than 20 years ago to become principal of St. Benedict School in Chicago, but her former students stil...
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A life coach may help put you on the right pathFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - "Do you really want to get well?" John 5-6 I decided to add life coaching to my personal and professional skills about a decade ago after I read an article in a magazin...
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Batavia authors chronicle their faith journeysFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - Doubt can be a painful emotion to deal with, whether dealing with personal issues or dealing with spiritual ones. Batavia author Ann C. Sullivan examines how doubt can a...
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Pope gets away from Vatican to work on correcting 'defects'Feb 21, 2015 10:00 pm - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis is getting away from the Vatican for a few days and taking his advisers along, to work, as he put it, on fixing the " many defects we al...
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Woodlands Academy's Lenten service project aims to start music program at African schoolFeb 19, 2015 10:00 pm - Traditionally, the Ash Wednesday liturgy at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart marks the start of a major service project. This Lent, students at the all-girls colle...
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Vatican pension fund insists finances are in decent shapeFeb 19, 2015 10:00 pm - VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican's pension fund insisted Friday that it's in decent financial health, issuing its first ever public accounting to try to dispel what it ca...
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Commuters receive ashes to go at Arlington Heights Metra stationFeb 18, 2015 12:00 am - Coffee, check. Newspaper, check. Ashes, check. Commuters at the Arlington Heights Metra station on Ash Wednesday morning had the opportunity to receive "ashes to go" on ...
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Images: Ash Wednesday in the SuburbsFeb 18, 2015 12:00 am - Ash Wednesday got off to a cold start, Wednesday morning. Suburban clergy were out early at Metra train stations this morning giving ashes to commuters as they headed to...