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Vatican Warns of 'Deviant' Sect That Prays to Angels

By Lauren FrayerNov 5th 2010 – 7:03AM
Pier Paolo Cito, AP

Pier Paolo Cito, AP

(Nov. 5) -- In the eyes of the Catholic Church, praying to angels might seem pretty harmless. Compared with all the other vices out there, you'd think the church might even encourage it. But the Vatican has sent a letter to Catholic bishops around the world warning them of a tiny, secretive sect that believes adherents...

Close Encounters of the Sacred Kind

By Lee SpeigelOct 1st 2010 – 7:06AM
Monarca Lynn Merrifield

Monarca Lynn Merrifield

(Oct. 1) -- A group of people has a mass sighting of a huge, airborne glowing object that follows them for many miles and even protects them from attack. Someone is seen being lifted into the sky on a beam of light. A man witnesses unexplained circular vehicles with living creatures on board. Pretty much sounds like your...

The Dugout: Send Me An Angel (Right Now)

By B. Thompson StroudJun 5th 2008 – 3:26PM

Despite being three and a half games ahead of the competition in the American League West, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have a big problem - their players keep getting hurt, and nobody knows why. Vlad Guerrero and Scot Shields are getting check out for health issues and Chone Figgins has a hamstring made out of...

Gary Matthews Thinks Yankees Fans Are Classier Than Red Sox Fans

By RedAug 16th 2007 – 10:40PM

One of the more interesting sidebars to this weekend's Angels-Red Sox series at Fenway Park will be how the Boston crowds greet Angels outfielder Gary Matthews Jr., who recently tore Sox fans a new one in the LA Times and Boston Globe. "They're loud, they're drunk, they're obnoxious, it's one of the few places where you...

Gary Matthews and T.J. Simers Are Already Feuding

By Eamonn BrennanApr 3rd 2007 – 12:44PM

Well, that didn't take long. A few unanswered questions and tense moments in the locker room, and Gary Matthews -- he of the $50 million contract and HGH suspicions -- went and pissed off T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles Times:Matthews, now occupying Darin Erstad's locker, which is a disgrace when you consider what a...

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WATCH: Jennifer Love Hewitt Gets Her Wings!

May 10th 2012 - 10:08AM

Jennifer Love Hewitt has no problem showing off her body, whether on a billboard , on TV or on the red carpet .

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Robert Bullen: Court's Angels in America Soars Despite Clipped Wings

May 01st 2012 - 05:42PM

The cliffhanger that concludes the first half of Tony Kushner's epic Angels in America is designed to stun.

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Lorna Byrne: Each And Every Suicide Diminishes Us

Apr 17th 2012 - 12:23PM

Each and every suicide in the world diminishes you and me.

Angels News From the Web

  • 05/23/12 Middle of Nowhere Source: Santa Fe Reporter - Santa Fe NM A priest who escaped from Nazi Germany, Father John accepts an assignment to travel to Santa Fe around the time of his grandmother's death, which symbolizes the loss of everything he knows and loves.
  • 05/22/12 Mary Kennedy's demons Source: Commonweal Kerry Kennedy, her lifelong friend, puts the depression that led to her sister-in-law's suicide into the context of Mary's life.
  • 05/16/12 Guardian Angels completes memory care wing Source: Elk River Star News - Elk River MN Seven months after construction began on a new two-story memory care wing at Guardian Angels By The Lake in Elk River, the building is completed.
  • 05/15/12 Waking After a Dream Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education I remember details of dreams I had when I was six or seven as accurately as I recall my best friend's telephone number.
  • 05/14/12 'The Creation' will tell story of Genesis Source: Aiken Standard - Aiken SC Simpson is passionate about the oratorio, having sung in "The Creation" when she was in her 20s.

Background on Angels

Angels, in a variety of religions, are regarded as spirits. They are often depicted as messengers of God in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles and the Quran.

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