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- Relics said to be from Jesus' birth to be at Chicago church
- Correction: Vatican-Christmas Shopping story
- Dixon, 2nd female bishop in Episcopal Church, dies
| Relics said to be from Jesus' birth to be at Chicago church Posted: 28 Dec 2012 03:46 PM PST CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tiny fragments said to be from the manger that held the infant Jesus, the veil of his mother, Mary, and a thread from the cloak of St. Joseph will be displayed by a Roman Catholic church in Chicago when it celebrates its 155th anniversary on Sunday. The fragments, released by the Vatican in 1972, were a gift to the Holy Family Church from the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, also in Chicago. Displaying them now has particular significance because of their association with Christmas, which marks the birth of Jesus. The Rev. Jeremiah J. ... |
| Correction: Vatican-Christmas Shopping story Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:28 AM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — In a story Dec. 23 about the Vatican's tax-free department store, The Associated Press erroneously reported that online cigar retailer www.bestcigarprices.com sells Cuban Montecristo No. 3 cigars. The company sells Montecristos made in the Dominican Republic. |
| Dixon, 2nd female bishop in Episcopal Church, dies Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:26 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Jane Holmes Dixon, who became a priest in her late 40s and later became the second female bishop in the Episcopal Church, has died. She was 75. |
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