Catholic Church opens Lent season without sick pope
The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, who was in the third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.
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Ash Wednesday Mass in West Knoxville
It's Ash Wednesday, the official start of Lent. This was the scene for mass at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in West Knoxville.
Who’s St. Francis, whose love for the poor, creation, and peace inspires Pope Francis?
As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of pilgrims continued to make their way to ...
Diocese investigation finds evidence of ‘frequent boundary violations’ by Knoxville priest
Diocese of Knoxville Bishop Mark Beckman announced on Tuesday the a priest who was placed on leave in December amid an ...
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Overnight storms fail to dampen wildfires that forced evacuations in Monroe Co., Tennessee
A wildfire in Tellico Plains, Tennessee has prompted evacuations in Monroe County.Monroe County officials are partnering with McMinn County in their containmen ...
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'This isn't your granddad's KKK.' Inside the influential hate group that's expanding in Tennessee
They are the largest hate group in America, wrapping themselves in the red-white-and-blue of the flag, marching into the ...
Pope Francis remains hospitalized on Ash Wednesday as Vatican begins Lent without him
ROME (TNND) — Vatican officials said Pope Francis is resting on this Ash Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period.
Former Southern Baptist pastor, a convicted felon, avoids jail time in feds' abuse inquiry
First and potentially only felony conviction to emerge from DOJ abuse investigation into Southern Baptist Convention ends with Matt Queen sentencing.
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Browns Chapel Church
Nestled on the back roads of northeastern Cocke County since the late 1800s and in view of Meadow Creek Mountain, Browns ...