Religion
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Shroud of Turin goes on display amid new researchMar 30, 2013 2:01 pm - VATICAN CITY — The Shroud of Turin went on display for a special TV appearance Saturday amid new research disputing claims it’s a medieval fake and purporting to date th...
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Judge gives green light to Islamic center in DuPage Co.Mar 30, 2013 10:21 am - A federal judge found in favor of an Islamic group’s request to build an educational center near Naperville, after it was rejected by the DuPage County Board more than t...
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Stations of the Cross throughout the suburbsMar 29, 2013 9:00 pm - Stations of the Cross throughout the suburbs
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Emotion shows at Way of the Cross throughout suburbsMar 29, 2013 6:00 pm - Mundelein's Santa Maria del Popolo Catholic Church observed Good Friday with a Latino tradition meant to create a more personal experience for worshippers. Via Crucis, o...
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Christians mark Jesus’ crucifixion on Good FridayMar 29, 2013 8:43 am - JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Christians streamed through the cobblestone alleyways of Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday, hoisting wooden crosses and chanting prayers to mark the...
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Cardinal George praises new popeMar 25, 2013 4:19 pm - Cardinal Francis George has offered words of praise for Pope Francis upon returning from the conclave in Rome that elected new Catholic leader. After celebrating his fi...
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Villa Park church uses maze to tell Easter storyMar 25, 2013 11:00 am - Think kids and Easter and a variety of traditions come to mind — egg hunts, chocolate bunnies, baked hams at family dinners — but probably not mazes. That's part of the ...
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New bells are rung at Notre Dame cathedralMar 23, 2013 2:15 pm - PARIS — Thousands have gathered outside Notre Dame Cathedral to hear the inaugural ringing of nine gargantuan new bells at the Paris landmark. The bells, the largest of ...
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Pope Francis tells Benedict: ‘We’re brothers’Mar 23, 2013 1:13 pm - CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — The two men in white embraced and showed one another the deference owed a pope in ways that surely turned Vatican protocol upside down: A reigni...
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In Twitter era, new pope not a social media mavenMar 23, 2013 8:53 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Pope Francis has 1.2 billion followers in the Roman Catholic Church, but he’s not following a single one of them on Facebook or Twitter. In a ...