Religion
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Maryville hosts prayer event to oppose same-sex marriageFeb 26, 2013 12:31 pm - The Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office for Hispanic Catholics will sponsor an evening of prayer that includes a call to Illinois legislators to preserve the definition of m...
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Pope gives final Sunday blessing before resigningFeb 24, 2013 4:56 pm - VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI bestowed his final Sunday blessing of his pontificate on a cheering crowd in St. Peter’s Square, explaining that his waning years and en...
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Reshaped papacy raises questions for church futureFeb 23, 2013 6:01 pm - Pope Benedict XVI has reshaped the papacy simply by giving it up. But how? As the first pontiff in six centuries to step down, Benedict has carved a new path for his suc...
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W. Dundee still trying to save historic parsonageFeb 20, 2013 5:27 pm - West Dundee has forwarded a proposed settlement to the attorney representing First United Methodist Church that reiterates the village’s desire to save a historic, but c...
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Pope blesses huge crowd in St. Peter’s SquareFeb 17, 2013 7:36 am - VATICAN CITY — His arms outstretched in a symbolic embrace, Pope Benedict XVI blessed tens of thousands of cheering people on Sunday in one of his last appearances as po...
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Iran confiscates Buddha statues from shopsFeb 17, 2013 7:36 am - TEHRAN, Iran — Buddha statues have joined Barbie dolls and characters from “The Simpsons” TV cartoon as banned items in the conservative Muslim nation. Authorities are c...
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Could the next pope come from the United States?Feb 16, 2013 5:39 pm - NEW YORK — Conventional wisdom holds that no one from the United States could be elected pope, that the superpower has more than enough worldly influence without an Amer...
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Vatican raises possibility of early conclaveFeb 16, 2013 4:38 pm - VATICAN CITY — The Vatican raised the possibility Saturday that the conclave to elect the next pope might start sooner than March 15, the earliest date possible under cu...
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Records show inner workings of Legion of ChristFeb 15, 2013 3:20 pm - PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Documents detailing the dubious fundraising practices of a disgraced Roman Catholic religious order called the Legion of Christ were released to the p...
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Hospice chaplain from Bartlett sees his work as a blessingFeb 15, 2013 1:23 pm - Chaplain Branislav Dedic, a Bartlett resident, was an ordained pastor for 27 years before joining Adventist St. Thomas Hospice in Hinsdale. It is work he says he feels b...