Religion
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Suburbs say farewell to Rob KomosaMar 23, 2013 3:00 am - On a bright spring day, in a light-filled church on a quiet Mount Prospect street, family and friends gathered to bid farewell to Rob Komosa, a man who served as an insp...
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Improv presents ‘The Gathering’:Mar 21, 2013 5:06 pm - The Improv Playhouse in Libertyville is producing “The Gathering”, a contemporary adaptation of the last hour of the Last Supper. “The Gathering” takes place during a Se...
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Lake Zurich High School choir to perform in the Vatican, across ItalyMar 20, 2013 5:30 pm - Just a week after a new pope was named to lead the Roman Catholic Church, the Lake Zurich High School choir is headed to Italy and a performance in Vatican City. The stu...
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St. Irene leader wins Principal of Year awardMar 19, 2013 5:20 pm - With her prayer book in her purse, St. Irene Catholic School Principal Maureen White thought she was headed to church Tuesday to join students for the Stations of the Cr...
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Latino Catholics eye new pope with excitementMar 19, 2013 12:20 pm - The majority of the congregation at St. Mary’s Catholic Parish in West Chicago is Mexican. For them, enthusiasm over the new pope stretches beyond the fact he comes from...
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Pope Francis urges protection of creation, weakMar 19, 2013 5:31 am - VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis laid out the priorities of his pontificate during his installation Mass on Tuesday, urging the princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of o...
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Pope explains name, urges ‘church for the poor’Mar 16, 2013 4:40 pm - VATICAN CITY — The focus of Pope Francis’ papacy began to emerge Saturday as he offered some intimate insights into the conclave that elected him pontiff, describing how...
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North Dakota passes earliest abortion limitMar 15, 2013 4:00 pm - Lawmakers in North Dakota voted Friday to ban abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, the narrowest window of any state, and to become the first to bar termina...
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New pope’s views bind simplicity with ‘complexity’Mar 14, 2013 6:48 pm - VATICAN CITY — At gatherings of Latin American bishops, then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was often a star speaker about economic inequities in a profit-driven world. He als...
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St. Francis students applaud pope's name choiceMar 14, 2013 5:00 pm - Pope Francis and his historic choice to name himself after St. Francis of Assisi is drawing praise from a high school in Wheaton that also bears the name of the humble f...