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Mail Call - April 5
“Since Rachel Maddow and the radical left MSNBC are still blaming Bush for lying about the weapons of mass destruction so he could start the Iraq war 10 years ago, if they would do their research, they would find that the United Nations inspectors...Tags: Allegheny Energy Inc., Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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Mail Call - March 26
“Just for the information of your readers, the new pontiff, Francis, took the name after the patron saint of animals, St. Francis of Assisi.” — Hagerstown “This is to all the conservatives who keep making the argument that more...Tags: Reformed, Prisons, Religious Leaders, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Diabetes
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At inaugural Mass, Pope Francis calls for protection of nature, the poor and the weak
Associated PressPope Francis laid out the priorities of his pontificate during his installation Mass on Tuesday, urging the princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people attending to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest and to let...Tags: Heads of State, Sports, Soccer, Religious Festivals, Angela Merkel
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Pope Benedict XVI, citing poor health, to step down Feb. 28
Associated PressDeclaring that he lacks the strength to do his job, Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he will resign Feb. 28 — becoming the first pontiff to step down in 600 years. His decision sets the stage for a mid-March conclave to elect a new leader for a...Tags: Elections, Voting, Religious Festivals, Roman Catholicism, Crime, Law and Justice
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Pope kicks off Christmas with Mass
Pope Benedict XVI decried the increasing commercialization of Christmas as he celebrated Christmas Eve Mass on Saturday night, urging the faithful to look beyond the holiday’s “superficial glitter” to discover its true meaning.
Benedict...Tags: Holidays, Customs and Tradition, Christmas, Arts and Culture, Religious Festivals
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Grappling with loss and uncertain future, Okla. residents return to area devastated by tornado MOORE, Okla. (AP) — With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years. It was the 83-year-...Tags: Anthony D. Weiner, Media Industry, Minority Groups, Rentals, Crimes
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Pope and the devil: Francis' fascination with Satan leads to suspicion he performed exorcism
Associated PressVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped "liberate" a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican's insistence that...Tags: Television Industry, Rome (Italy), Religion and Belief, John Paul II, Vatican City
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Coptic Christian latest target of blasphemy frenzy under Islamist-ruled Egypt
Associated PressCAIRO (AP) — The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Punishment, Activism, Family, Teachers
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Entering the pope's domain
The Vatican has officially accepted a gift to Pope Francis from Chicago lawyer Chris Connors: a fitting domain name, popefrancis.com. Connors, who bought the domain in 2010 on a lark, had secretly hoped a pope would choose the name Francis in his...Tags: Religious Leaders, Vatican City, Alzheimer's Disease, Francis I
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Vatican fresco may show first European depictions of Native Americans
ROME -- The first European renditions of Native Americans, made shortly after Christopher Columbus returned from his first trip to the Americas, may have been discovered under layers of grime on a neglected fresco at the Vatican. The tiny figures of...
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After rebuke by archbishop, Cardinal Mahony takes higher profile
When Archbishop Jose Gomez stripped his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, of public duties for mishandling clergy sex abuse cases, a church spokesman said the retired prelate's life would remain largely the same with one exception: confirmations. No...
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Pope Francis appoints panel to study overhaul of the Vatican
ROME -- Pope Francis launched a long-awaited cleanup of the Vatican by announcing a task force Saturday made up of eight high-ranking cardinals, including one American, who will determine how best to reform the much-criticized Curia, or Vatican...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Vatican City, Religious Leaders, Christianity
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