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Good Friday is not a federal holiday but is a designated holiday in some states, including Illinois. This means government ...

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MANILA: For Catholics, Lent means a period of sacrifice. Often, we think of this in terms of food: abstaining from meat on ...

Staff and students at Toronto's St. Eugene Catholic School joined together March 26 in recognizing Purple Day, a global initiative dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy.