No trick, no treats: Parish bans Halloween on Sunday

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“Shortly after Halloween 2004, the Parish Council decreed that in unincorporated Livingston Parish, Halloween will be at the prescribed hours on Oct. 31 — unless it falls on a Sunday, as it does this year. Then it’s on Monday.”

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Graham Festival in Japan Concludes with 1,765 Decisions for Christ

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“The festival was preceded by a ten-day pre-festival concert tour featuring Alfie Silas of the Tommy Coomes Band, and included a Osaka Ladies Festival that drew 3,217 women and men and a Kid’s Festival that drew more than 5,000 children.” CP

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Synod of Catholic Bishops: Israel Can't Use Bible to Justify Claim to Land

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“The final statement of the two-week Synod of Bishops of the Middle East in Rome that ended Saturday blamed Israel for the conflict between the Jewish state and the Palestinians. It rejected the use of the biblical position of the Promised Land to justify Jewish settlement of the West Bank.” More (JTA)

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