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The Berkshire Eagle4dOpinion
On Arbor Day, celebrating a Pittsfield red oak's century of shared roots and branches
A century ago, a Boy Scout planted a tree, and today, we’ll gather under its branches. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll decide to ...
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The Passion of Ukraine: How Faith, Memory and Courage Sustain a Nation at War
COMMENTARY: From smuggled aid to candlelit prayers, Ukraine’s faithful are holding the line against both bombs and despair.
Pope Francis was a source of controversy and spiritual guidance in his Argentine homeland
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The faithful in Pope Francis’ hometown lit candles in the church where he found God as a ...
Seattle church honors a saint – and gets some privacy – with new stained-glass window
St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...
‘What I feel now is fear’: how migrants are preparing for Trump’s immigration enforcement
Organizations in Oregon are helping educate immigrants with Defensa del Barrio workshops and more traditional ...
The long goodbye: 20,000 people form EIGHT-HOUR queues to see Pope Francis's body and pay last respect as he is placed on display for three days
Tens-of-thousands of people are queuing in three lines at the Vatican, but mourners say the queues are moving 'fairly quickly ...
The rites and rituals following the death of a pope, his funeral and burial, explained
The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...
What happens now that the Pope has died?
Pope Francis himself helped rewrite the funeral rituals after the death of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI.
Fan 88235: Pope Francis honored by hometown soccer team in Argentina
Argentina-born Pope Francis, who died on Monday, is being honored at his local hometown soccer club in Buenos Aires, San ...
Vatican sets Pope Francis' funeral date, public viewing begins Wednesday
Francis stopped by the basilica on his way home from the Gemelli hospital on March 23, after his 38-day hospital stay, to ...
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What comes next: The rites and rituals following the death of a pope, his funeral and burial
The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to<a ...
Pope Francis' body taken to St. Peter's Basilica for lying in state
The body of Pope Francis was carried in a solemn procession Wednesday from his residence within the walls of the Vatican City to St. Peter's Basilica.