Faithful start vigil at Wellesley church
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St. James the Great in Wellesley is the latest parish to join the growing list of churches staging vigils in a last-ditch attempt to keep the Archdiocese of Boston from shutting its doors.
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More than 2,000 people joined the family of Margaret Hassan in Westminster Cathedral yesterday at a memorial service for the aid worker who was murdered while a hostage in Iraq.
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New Orleans will mark the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Wednesday with candle light vigils, prayer services and a new memorial to the 1,500 or so people who died in her floodwaters and fury.
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By TOM BREEN  BIG ISAAC, W.Va. - It's an idyllic setting for Sunday worship: a small, white church on the slope of a gentle hill. Outside the sanctuary, two dogs lie in the shade.
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All across central Florida, people have gathered at battered churches to ask themselves whether nature's swirling wrath had also unsettled their faith.
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More than a hundred thousand are expected to descend on the city this weekend -- to watch some crew races. On Saturday evening at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro the New England Revolution will begin their first-round Major League Soccer playoff series.
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A Nottingham school is holding a vigil to support British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who is being held in Iraq.
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Emotions have boiled up at Mount Carmel and the seven other churches where around-the-clock protest vigils have forestalled parish closures planned by the Archdiocese of Boston.
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Editor&#39;s note: This sidebar article was intended to run with yesterday&#39;s Monitor story previewing today&#39;s release of an Episcopal Church report.
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Tens of thousands of people massed here Friday to pray and chant slogans in support of the rebellious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. US forces, meanwhile, continued attacks in two Iraqi cities that insurgents control.
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More than 2,000 people crowded Ebenezer Baptist Church on Monday to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s commitment to peace and equality and note the importance of his legacy in this election year.
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There have been tense scenes outside parliament with thousands of people demonstrating for and against the Civil Union Bill. About 6,000 people took part in the Destiny Church &quot;Enough is Enough&quot; march against the bill through Wellington.
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By Steve Johnson HUNDREDS of families were joining forces today to fight plans for a phone mast on top of a church in Wednesbury. Residents of Friar Park said they were furious over proposals to use the tower of St Francis of Assisi church as a site for telecommunications equipment.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania -- Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans opened a crucial meeting yesterday as the church struggles to reconcile Scripture and homosexuality, with the American wing coming under increasing pressure to reconsider its liberal stance on gays.
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Anyone who thought this flu season wasn&#39;t going to be a mess need only see the hordes of area residents who turned out at the First Presbyterian Church in Mansfield on Tuesday morning.
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The Church of Scotland officially opens its controversial Tiberias Centre close to where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount.
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By Hurst Laviana, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 10--About 300 people rallied outside the Episcopal Social Services building Saturday as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas offered his support for the imperiled charity.