Religion
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Lutheran Social Services to honor former Arlington pastorNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - Lutheran Social Services of Illinois will present a longtime minister at an Arlington Heights church and a former head of the group with the Amicus Certus (“True Friend”...
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Suburban Catholics prepare for Mass changesOct 30, 2011 8:00 am - Even for Catholic Church leaders, the new words will take some getting used to. During a session in which church members were practicing the changes, Robert Frazier, wh...
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Religion claims its place in Occupy Wall StreetOct 30, 2011 7:13 am - BOSTON — Downtown Dewey Square is crammed with tents and tarps of Occupy Boston protesters, but organizers made sure from the start of this weeks-old encampment that the...
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Religion News in briefOct 30, 2011 7:13 am - Rules for Nebraska counselors still mired in gay debate LINCOLN, Neb. — A coalition of social workers, psychologists and family therapists demanded Monday that the ...
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Pope not holding Legion superiors accountable for crimesOct 30, 2011 7:13 am - VATICAN CITY — When Pope Benedict XVI took over the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order last year, expectations were high that heads would roll over one of the gr...
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Georgia schools see drop in students for Bible classesOct 30, 2011 6:03 am - ATLANTA — In 2006, Georgia became the first state to allow Bible education classes in public schools, after much debate over the sticky issue of separation of church and...
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Cathedral mason finds marks of predecessorOct 29, 2011 5:47 am - WASHINGTON — In October 1963, a proud stonemason took an old nickel and probably with a hammer and chisel whacked a single dent in it. Then he and his colleagues took t...
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Suburban Hindus mark Diwali with celebrationsOct 27, 2011 5:30 am - Many suburban Hindus marked the religious festival of Diwali - commonly known as the festival of lights - Wednesday and celebrations continue today at many area temples....
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Hindus celebrate Diwali at Bartlett templeOct 27, 2011 12:00 am - The BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Bartlett, one of the biggest Hindu temples in the suburbs, marked the religious festival of Diwali — known as the festival of lights — an...
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Budzban: God doesn’t bear grudgesOct 26, 2011 12:00 am - “He never bears a grudge, nor remains angry forever.” #8212; Psalm 103:9 (TLB) I recall a few years ago, when my granddaughter called me late one afternoon c...