On Christmas Eve, their pageant fills the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
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Reflections: Ultimate regifting is return of love and hope after loss
Because of Christmas, those we have lost are not lost forever.
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Vermont woman displays 1,400 nativity scenes
Shirley Squires started to collect the miniature creches ‘to get through’ after her husband and son died.
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Posthumous Mormon baptisms stir controversy
The practice, in violation of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints policy, baptizes dead non-Mormons to lift them from ‘spirit prison’ in the afterlife.
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A donor gave everyone in church $100 – and 100 good deeds were the result
‘People have been so thoughtful. The money has just multiplied and blossomed,’ says the Maryland minister who distributed the money at the altar.
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Cardinal Bernard Law, central figure in clergy abuse scandal, dies at 86
The disgraced former archbishop of Boston failed to stop priests who molested children.
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Reflections: This Christmas, we must believe in power of love to conquer fear
The women’s ‘me too’ movement offers a good example.
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Many Americans say greetings at Christmastime not important
A telephone survey finds religious aspects of the holiday are not as prominent in the culture as in the past.
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Reflections: Look to the coming light to refresh your winter-weary soul
Winter Solstice can be a spiritual experience.
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Bishop holds ‘healing session’ for Catholics in Scarborough
About 50 people turn out at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, one day after Bishop Robert Deeley revealed that a high-ranking priest started an affair with a female employee before retiring in July.