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Pope heads to Nunavut to apologize at end of Canadian tour

QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday assailed the Catholic missionaries who “supported oppressive and unjust policies” against Indigenous peoples and vowed to pursue truth and healing as he wrapped up his pilgrimage to Canada by meeting with Native delegations and visiting Inuit territory in far-north Nunavut. Francis welcomed residential school survivors from eastern Canada to the archbishop’s residence in Quebec City to reiterate his apology for the abuses they suffered in Canada’s residential school system. From the late 1800s to the 1970s, more than 150,000 ...

Foreign language and the goodness of God

Have you ever wanted to learn a foreign language? To be able to travel the world and speak to someone, or even just talk to your neighbor in their native language, is a tough goal to have. Languages aren’t easy to learn, but it wasn’t always this way. Did you know there was a time that ...

Outdoor Saturday Evening Service

PHOTO PROVIDED Mackeyville United Methodist Church will again have Saturday Evening Service on Saturday, July 30 at 7 p.m. at its pavilion and again Aug. 27. Join in the fellowship with special music, amazing refreshments and lots of fun.

Liberty Quartet to perform at Beech Creek Wesleyan

PHOTO PROVIDED Beech Creek Wesleyan Church would like to extend an invitation to Liberty Quartet in concert. The church will be hosting Liberty Quartet today with the concert beginning at 6 p.m. Liberty is a Gospel group based in the West with a full-time concert schedule. You will ...

Local church briefs

Church service FLEMINGTON — On Sunday, July 31, Flemington First Church of Christ will have its normal morning worship at 8:45 a.m. in the church sanctuary. There will also be a church service at 9:30 a.m. at the Clinton County fairgrounds. Laurel Run UMC cookbooks BEECH CREEK — The Laurel Run United Methodist Church in Beech Creek is gathering recipes from friends, families and members of the church. The church would love for you to share your favorite recipe or recipes to be in its first ever cookbook. Feel free to add short tidbits or stories you recall about the church. ...

Moon boots and Air Jordans

On a rating scale of 0-10, with 0 being mind-numbingly bogus, and 10 being totally awesome, how rad was your childhood? Mine was pretty amazing — at least many of the memories/recollection I have of it were. I was a solid product of the 80s: Big Wheels, Garbage Pail Kids, He-Man, Air ...