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Chicago's first archbishop was 'good prelate, good man'
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen the president of All Hallows College in Ireland saw the regal man on the framed canvas, he knew the portrait buried in a Dublin basement should head home to Chicago. The painting of Patrick Feehan, Chicago's first Roman Catholic archbishop,...Tags: Great Chicago Fire (1871), Roman Catholicism, Yellow Fever , Christianity, Parochial Schools
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Bending the rules
Change of SubjectNancy Nall asked a pretty good question the other day about Roger Ebert's funeral being held at Holy Name Cathedral: How (did) a man who wrote, “I cannot believe in God” (qualify) for a cathedral sendoff...? He certainly lived a...... -
Going the distance, with careers in 2 cities
Sandra Smith was starting her first day as a sales trader in Chicago. Leaving her second post-college job at a hedge fund in New York, she was back in the city where she grew up and where several members of her family had worked in the financial trading...
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Quick Takes: Country music's new hit
Roll over, Hank Williams, and tell Patsy Cline the news: Nashville has a new top music awards show. Sunday's Academy of Country Music Awards show on CBS drew 15.4 million viewers, according to early data from Nielsen (final ratings won't be published...Tags: Entertainment, Television Industry, Donny Deutsch, Judy Sheindlin, Chicago Mayor
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10 things you might not know about razed Chicago
Chicago Tribune reportersEver since the Great Fire of 1871, a cycle of destruction and rebuilding has been central to the Chicago story. This month, Northwestern University secured a permit to tear down Prentice Hospital so that it can build a biomedical research facility. Also...Tags: Wrigley Field, New York City, Civic Opera House, Newspapers, Gold Coast
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Easter Mass at Holy Name: 'Magnificent'
Tribune reporterOn a divinely spring Easter Sunday, Catholics turned out en masse at Holy Name Cathedral to celebrate the holiday with Cardinal Francis George, newly returned from helping select the new pope at the Vatican in Rome. Speaking to a standing room-only...Tags: Francis I, Easter
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Impending election of new pope resonates with Chicago-area converts
As Cardinal Francis George prepares to leave this week for the Vatican to elect a new pope, several soon-to-be Roman Catholics in the Archdiocese of Chicago said the coinciding of their decision to convert with a historic moment for the church heightens...
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Speedy cops, doorman come to aid of baby struggling to breathe
Tribune reporterFour-month-old Jordyn Rose was baptized Sunday at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral. But on Saturday, she was rescued in a different way. What started out as normal crying turned into her parents' nightmare when Jordyn's face turned white, her lips grew...Tags: Allergies, Chicago Hotels, St. Patrick's Day, Derrick Rose, Hospitals and Clinics
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Cardinal George says gift of popefrancis.com 'delightful'
Tribune reporterA Chicago lawyer said he bought the internet domain name popefrancis.com as a lark in 2010 and plans to give it to the Roman Catholic Church for free now that the new pope has chosen the name Francis. Chris Connors, 39, says he had hoped a pope in his...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Chicago Cubs, Francis I, Christianity, Go Daddy Group Inc.
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Boy Scouts honored for completing religious program
A group of Orland Park boy scouts recently completed two religious emblems programs designed to help the youth strengthen their faith. The four scouts—three from Orland Park Troop 318 and one from Hammond Boy Scout Troop 204—received...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Lifestyle and Leisure, Youth Organizations, Christianity, Awards and Prizes
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Cardinal George: Doctors 'couldn't find any evidence of cancer'
Tribune reporterMedical tests have shown that Chicago's Cardinal Francis George appears to be free of cancer, he said in a wide-ranging interview, though doctors have advised the Roman Catholic archbishop to skip two Christmas Day traditions dear to him. Because months...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Immune System, Customs and Tradition, Same-Sex Marriage, Christianity
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Guide to December 2012 TV premieres, movies and holiday specials
RedEyeDecember is all about the holiday specials on TV, but you'll find other interesting viewing as well. On Dec. 7 Sundance debuts "Restless," a gripping two-night miniseries about a former WW II spy. Nat Geo Wild kicks off its annual Big Cat Week Dec. 9...Tags: NBC (tv network), Entertainment, New York Dragons, TBS (tv network), IFC (tv network)
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