Religion
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Willow Creek celebrates EasterApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - As families around the suburbs prepared to celebrate Easter today, thousands of congregants at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington started the holiday earl...
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Costa Rican a celebrity after certified miracleApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - TRES RIOS, Costa Rica - On a warm spring day, Floribeth Mora was in her bed waiting to die from a seemingly inoperable brain aneurysm when her gaze fell upon a photogra...
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Live performance of Jesus' death staged in Arlington Hts., PalatineApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - Christians for centuries have been performing the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday - the day Jesus Christ was condemned to death and ordered to carry a cross upon wh...
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Five myths about EasterApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - When death and resurrection mix with magical bunnies and chocolate eggs, you get Easter - perhaps the most misunderstood Christian holy day. Yet it is also the mos...
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Easter shares pot lovers' high holidayApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Social media has been buzzing for weeks with jokes about how, this year, Easter Sunday shares the calendar with the pot-lover's highest holiday: April 20, ...
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Crowd packs Mundelein Catholic church for Spanish-language Via Crucis dramaApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - About 1,300 worshippers jammed Mundelein's Santa Maria del Popolo Catholic Church for a Spanish-language drama to mark Good Friday. Common throughout Mexico, the Via Cru...
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Hanover Park worshippers mark Good Friday with Via CrucisApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - Isidro Zuniga walked barefoot under the heavy load. "It's all for my faith," he said. The St. Ansgar Catholic Church parishioner portrayed Jesus for the second straight ...
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Moving Picture: Hoffman Estates man portrays Jesus every Good FridayApr 18, 2014 1:00 am - Romualdo Alvarado has a passion, a deep desire to play the role of Jesus Christ. For the past twelve years, tens of thousands have watched and walked with Alvarado, who ...
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Nye underestimated evolution debate impactApr 16, 2014 1:01 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. - TV's "Science Guy" Bill Nye said he underestimated the impact of a February debate in Kentucky on evolution and creationism that drew a massive online ...
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New life in spring reminds us of God's resurrection powerApr 15, 2014 11:00 pm - "I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection …" -Philippians 10:13 (NIV) As I looked at my computer screen saver, I noticed a picture my husband had taken...