Religion
A posthumous fall from grace
By the time the letter arrived, the grass on Benjamin Hawkes' grave had grown thick. Historians had chronicled how he transformed the Los Angeles archdiocese into a billion-dollar institution. His portrait had been etched into a metal plaque and bolted to the wall of a sprawling church on Wilshire...
Religion
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RELIGION
Grace Independent Baptist in Ocean Springs teaches the next generation about God
OCEAN SPRINGS -- Pastor Paul Perkins of Grace Independent Baptist Church is planning for the future in a big way.
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RELIGION
Congregations tend the soil and the soul with vegetable gardens
The Rev. Morris G. Henderson wasn't sure what do with a vacant city block of land behind his 31st Street Baptist Church in Richmond, Va. The church had bought the plots, but didn't have the funding to build a planned family life center.
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KANDI ANDERSON
Even a child knows where burdens belong
When my first grandchild, Lauren Brett, came along, I was sure there had never been a smarter child. When she was 3 years old, she proved me right.
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RELIGION
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RELIGION
Voices of Faith: Does God shine a light on some more than others?
VOICES OF FAITH: DOES GOD SHINE A LIGHT ON SOME MORE THAN OTHERS?
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HEALTH
Hospital doctor delivers infusion of hope to Jehovah's Witness
On the day the Boston Marathon bombing transfixed the world, Mark Watkins of suburban Kansas City, Mo., lay face to face with a crisis of life, death and faith of his own.
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RELIGION
After rebuke by archbishop, Cardinal Mahony takes higher profile
When Los Angeles 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.
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RELIGION
Colombia celebrates its first Catholic saint
In her lifetime, Laura Montoya's stubborn determination to help Colombia's indigenous people brought the reproach of society, the political elite and the church, which viewed her work with suspicion and accused her of being unstable.
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RELIGION
Our Lady of Fatima's spring festival is May 17-19
Festival-goers at this year's Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church's International Spring Festival May 17-19 will find more things to do than ever, organizers say.
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KANDI ANDERSON
I testify to life ís laughter
As I write this, I'm recovering from a delicious lunch. I know the desserts had something to do with the lady at my table, Andrea Yeager.


