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Funeral processions held in holy Iraqi cities

NAJAF, Iraq (AP) — Thousands of mourners attended funeral processions for Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday in the holy Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala as part of dayslong funeral ceremonies for the Islamic Republic's late supreme leader. At some moments, the scene turned ...

150 years of ministry, faith and service

CALUMET — Faith Lutheran Church of Calumet invites the entire community to join in celebrating 150 years of ministry, faith, and service during a special anniversary celebration on Saturday, July 18. Since its founding in 1876, Faith Lutheran Church has been a place where generations of ...

Faith and Family

Very few Americans know much about the Bill of Rights, and even fewer know how this document came to be part of the Constitution. This is a long story, and it did not happen overnight. America declared its independence on July 4, 1776. What most do not realize is that the war went on for ...

Defying the Pope

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has gone above and beyond the minimum sanctions to respond to an ultratraditionalist society that consecrated four bishops without the pope’s consent. In a decree Thursday, the Vatican's doctrine office declared the Society of St. Pius X in schism and ...

Faith and Family

Our current culture is quite fascinating; we seem to have multiple cultures all going at once. Perhaps this is due to the multiple devices we find in our lives, all delivering messages. These multiple devices focus on many different points of view. What has this impact on the community? It has ...

Required reading

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas would make Bible stories required reading for more than 5 million public school students under a proposal that has reignited debate over widening efforts in the U.S. to put more religion in classrooms. A final vote by the Republican-controlled Texas State Board of ...