Church Raffle Nets Edwardsville Man $15,000: St. Mary and St. Boniface Split $60,000
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By Jayne Matthews, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 9--EDWARDSVILLE -- A $50 raffle ticket under a Christmas tree soon may have an Edwardsville man raising the roof.
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A preacher was convicted Monday of stealing nearly &#36;9 million from hundreds of small, black churches across the country by promising them big returns on small investments.
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With the score tied at 3 going into the third period, Catholic Memorial used a pair of power-play goals to earn a 6-4 win over Catholic Conference rival Malden Catholic yesterday at Dedham Ice Arena.
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Bids for a ten year-old piece of grilled cheese sandwich which a Florida woman claims has an image of Jesus&#39; mother, Mary, on it, has bids of more than $69,000 on it as of Wednesday afternoon.
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Following a lifetime of helping people through his church work, a $575,000 gift from the Rev. Donald Bartone will help renew that dedication nearly two years after his death.
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The 12th annual Kettle Kick-off Holiday Luncheon on Thursday raised $150,305 for Christmas food baskets, meals, toys and other services for needy people during the holidays and throughout the year.
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By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 5--You've got to give La Crosse County officials credit for thinking out of the box. Their "property tax raffle" is an unusual way to draw attention to federal funding cuts to counties.
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WILLMAR, Minn. - After its last pastor allegedly bilked them out of $10,000, leaders of Rejoice Ministries church thought they were being extra careful when they hired James Poole.
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By Aaron Nelsen ? The Brownsville Herald, The Brownsville Herald, Texas  Jun. 24--Frustrated with declining interest and ineffective methods of recruiting young people to their order of Catholic teaching, the Marist Brothers took a leap of faith into the Digital Age.
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A Catholic priest is held in Florida and another is on the run after stealing millions from parishioners, police say.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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By Terry Rindfleisch, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Mar. 4--Fans win. Artists win. Poverty loses.
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By Frank E. Lockwood, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Dec. 16--When it severed ties with its denomination, Church of the Apostles forfeited more than its "Episcopal" label. It also gave up its buildings, its bank accounts, its furniture, even its name tags.
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Police are trying to find the owner of more than 60,000 euros sent to a boy in Norfolk by mistake.
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Two Roman Catholic priests allegedly   misappropriated more than $8 million from their church and   spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on real estate, travel,   rare coins and girlfriends, police in Florida said on Friday.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Before a service at Reborn in Christ Church this week, a man hawked gospel CDs outside the front door. In the cavernous nave, volunteers placed envelopes soliciting cash donations on each of about 1,000 chairs, while cameramen working for the church's television network focused...
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - A priest accused along with another clergyman of stealing more than $8 million from their church once griped that an audit of parish funds was "a waste" of money that "should be spent more wisely," newly released court documents show.  The Revs.