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A SACRED NEW MEXICAN TRADITION CONTINUES AS SOME PILGRIMS GET A HEAD START ON THEIR LONG JOURNEYS TO EL SANTUARIO DE CHIMAYO AND TOMMY HILL TO COMMEMORATE GOOD FRIDAY NEXT WEEK. AND SHE MADE THE ...

Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano is introducing a bill to officially make Good Friday a state holiday.Pew Research says 63 percent of adults in Pennsylvania are Christians.Schools ...