Religion
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Catholics agencies in Peoria, Joliet halt adoptionsJun 04, 2011 12:00 am - A Catholic organization that licenses foster and adoptive parents has notified the state that it will halt licensing in two more Illinois cities because of a new law tha...
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NCH chapel an awe-inspiring placeMay 31, 2011 4:00 am - The chapel at Northwest Community Hospital is a sacred place for prayer. I experienced this personally this week. All faiths are welcome but last Thursday it was filled ...
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‘Men in Pink’ support Avon Walk for Breast CancerMay 31, 2011 12:00 am - Jim Leonard of Arlington Heights and Jim Bednar of Prospect Heights are good friends who share a common link: Both lost their mothers to breast cancer. Bednar was only 6...
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Flamingos doing good on Fox Valley lawnsMay 31, 2011 12:00 am - To help finance the annual summer mission trip, one St. Charles youth group is drawing on the fundraising power of some 1950s-era cultural icons. Maybe you’ve seen them ...
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Jets’ DeVito using lockout to give faith a workoutMay 29, 2011 6:00 am - RANDOLPH, N.J. — Mike DeVito cleared his throat a few times, took a couple of steps from behind the lectern and looked out at the dozens of people seated in front of him...
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Religion news in briefMay 29, 2011 6:00 am - Chaplains: Troops may fear sharing beliefs on gays WASHINGTON — Leaders of 21 religious groups that send chaplains to the military want Congress or the Pentagon to ...
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German Catholic Church finds faithful leavingMay 29, 2011 6:00 am - AUGSBURG, Germany — A year after a widespread sex scandal rocked Roman Catholics in Pope Benedict XVI’s homeland, German intellectuals and faithful alike are turning the...
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Persevere in following your dreamsMay 27, 2011 12:00 am - “ ... His word is in my heart like a fire shut up in my bones.” — Jeremiah 20:9 (NIV) I recall the day vividly. I had just finished reading Jeremiah, Chapter 20, Ve...
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Diocese ends adoptions over gay rights lawMay 26, 2011 12:00 am - A Catholic diocese in northern Illinois said Thursday that it will end its state-funded adoption and foster-care program rather than comply with a new law that would req...
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Diocese loses new appeal in clergy abuse caseMay 25, 2011 12:00 am - Ihe Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a Belleville-based diocese’s request to throw out a $5 million jury award in an alleged priest abuse case, the diocese s...