Religion
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Pope arrives in Sri Lanka at start of Asian tourJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Pope Francis arrived in Sri Lanka Tuesday at the start of a weeklong Asian tour saying the island nation can't fully heal from a quarter-centur...
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POPE WATCH: Pope says 1st Sri Lanka saint still sets exampleJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - Pope Francis is in the second day of a weeklong visit to Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Here are some glimpses of his trip as it unfolds: ___ IN HIS WORDS: FRANCIS ON JO...
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Pope's trip to Sri Lanka and Philippines: 5 things to knowJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis embarks on his second Asian pilgrimage this week, visiting Sri Lanka and the Philippines exactly 20 years after St. John Paul II's recor...
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Pope: Fundamentalist terrorism result of 'deviant religion'Jan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis on Monday denounced the religious fundamentalism that inspired the Paris massacres and ongoing Mideast conflicts, saying the attackers w...
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With crisis comes opportunityJan 11, 2015 12:01 am - Crisis: "An emotionally significant event or radical change of status in a person's life … the outcome of which will make a decisive difference for better or worse," acc...
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Suburbs mark Respect Life MonthJan 11, 2015 12:01 am - Several Northwest suburban Catholic churches will participate in Respect Life Month activities organized by the Chicago Archdiocese to mark the 42nd anniversary of the R...
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Pope says concern for poor is Gospel, not communismJan 10, 2015 10:00 pm - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis is insisting that his concern for the poor and critique of the global economic system isn't some novel, communist-inspired ideology but ...
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Pope's trip to Sri Lanka and Philippines: 5 things to knowJan 09, 2015 10:00 pm - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis embarks on his second Asian pilgrimage this coming week, visiting Sri Lanka and the Philippines exactly 20 years after St. John Paul II'...
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2 men die in Catholic parade in Manila ahead of pope's visitJan 08, 2015 10:00 pm - MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A raucous Roman Catholic procession in which up to a million Filipinos packed the streets of the capital for a chance to get close to a centur...
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Salvador's Romero closer to beatification as martyrJan 08, 2015 10:00 pm - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Slain Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero has moved one step closer to beatification. Avvenire, the newspaper of the Italian bishops' conference, repo...