Religion
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Cardinal Dolan to give Notre Dame commencement addressMar 06, 2013 3:46 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, considered a longshot to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, will be the principal commencement speaker at the University o...
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Budzban: Is it time for a change of season in your life?Mar 06, 2013 2:18 pm - “For everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” — Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NLT) According to meteorologists, spring has arrived. So in celebration o...
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Conference on Prophet Muhammad at CLCMar 03, 2013 12:49 pm - Learn about the Prophet Muhammad during a conference hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Thursday, March 7, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the College of Lake County’...
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Cardinal Ravasi: Intellectual who quotes WinehouseMar 02, 2013 8:20 am - VATICAN CITY — He quotes Amy Winehouse and, unlike Benedict XVI, actually taps out his tweets himself. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi is an erudite scholar with a modern tou...
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Vatican takes first steps running pope-less churchMar 01, 2013 5:44 am - VATICAN CITY — The Vatican took the first steps of governing a Catholic Church without a pope on Friday, making some ceremonial and practical moves to formalize the end ...
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Poll Vault: What changes would you like the next pope to make?Feb 28, 2013 11:00 pm - When Benedict XVI was elected eight years ago, he was viewed by many as a “transitional” pope, one who wouldn't implement sweeping changes like some of his predecessors....
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Obama urges court to overturn gay marriage banFeb 28, 2013 5:36 pm - WASHINGTON — In a historic argument for gay rights, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to overturn California’s same-sex marriage ban and turn a ...
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Cardinal George to speak at Palatine organization’s fundraiserFeb 28, 2013 10:35 am - Cardinal Francis George will be the guest speaker when St. Joseph’s Home for the Elderly hosts its Amazing Grace Gala from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at Stonegate Con...
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Pope legacy: Teacher who returned to church rootsFeb 28, 2013 5:37 am - VATICAN CITY — On Monday, April 4, 2005, a priest walked up to the Renaissance palazzo housing the Vatican’s doctrine department and asked the doorman to call the offici...
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Now a ‘simple pilgrim,’ Benedict resigns papacyFeb 28, 2013 5:36 am - CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — As bells tolled and the clock struck 8, the brass-studded wooden doors swung shut Thursday at this palace in the Italian hills, marking an end t...