Religion
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How Holocaust shaped lives, friendship of two Lombard menApr 27, 2014 8:00 am - As residents of the Beacon Hill senior living community in Lombard, Eric Blaustein and Charles Luner built a friendship on a foundation of one of history's darkest horro...
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5 things to know about the canonization of two popesApr 26, 2014 8:00 am - VATICAN CITY - In a historic matchup of papacies past and present, Pope Francis and emeritus Pope Benedict XVI will honor Popes John XXIII and John Paul II in the first ...
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Canonization question: How miraculous should saints be?Apr 26, 2014 1:01 am - VATICAN CITY - Catholic saints are said to be the stuff of miracles, celestial servants who bend God's ear to aid the desperately ill. But Pope Francis may be sending a ...
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Images: Faithful gather for pope canonizationsApr 26, 2014 1:01 am - ...
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Francis deeply influenced by both saintly popesApr 26, 2014 1:01 am - VATICAN CITY - When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio almost became pope in 2005, he told a confidant that - had he been elected - he would have named himself after the pop...
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Benedict to join in double sainthood ceremonyApr 26, 2014 1:01 am - VATICAN CITY - Retired pontiff Benedict XVI will help Pope Francis celebrate the sainthood ceremony Sunday for John Paul II and John XXIII, setting the stage for an unpr...
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Palatine man, son killed in deadly Afghan hospital shootingApr 26, 2014 1:00 am - They're among those killed in hospital shooting
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George to hold Mass to mark canonizationsApr 25, 2014 1:01 am - Cardinal Francis George plans to celebrate a special Mass in honor of the canonization of two well-loved popes, John Paul II and John XXIII. The Archdiocese of Chicago h...
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Biographer, aide defend John Paul's record on sex abuseApr 25, 2014 1:01 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II's biographer and longtime spokesman sought Friday to defend his record on sex abuse against evidence that he didn't grasp the scale of t...
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Rauner skips GOP event over pastor's commentsApr 24, 2014 1:01 am - MOLINE, Ill. - GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner isn't attending a Republican dinner in Moline because he says he disagrees with past statements from a pastor ask...