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How Brexit ruined Easter for Britain’s chocolate makers

April 4th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Holidays, World Community

“Exports of chocolate to Europe have turned into a nightmare of paperwork and delays, making fine British chocolate scarce in Europe,” The New York Times reports.

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Easter Cross

Within a few years, Easter may stop moving around on the calendar… imagine that!

January 15th, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Holidays

Within a few years, Christianity’s most important holy day may begin falling on the same predictable Sunday every year. That’s if leaders of the world’s

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Portrait of Pope Francis

Pope Francis: Christians are the seed of a humanity that values empathy and mutual responsibility

April 5th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Holidays, Spirituality

The world proposes that we put ourselves forward at all costs, that we compete, that we prevail… But Christians, by the grace of Christ, dead

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Happy Easter 2015 from the First Family

April 5th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Holidays

From the Obama family to yours, Happy Easter! (Photo courtesy of The White House)

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“May our celebration of Easter this year take us beyond the search for shortcuts”

April 5th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Holidays

Our experience is not unlike the experience of the disciples. Easter came to them only after the most profound disillusionment. But in the midst of

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Mark 16:6-7 (The Resurrection of Jesus)

April 5th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Holidays

You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Behold the place where they laid him. But go and

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April 1st, 2013 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Easter Weekend (Photo by Knitting Iris)

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Ten things you didn’t know about Easter (but really should)

March 31st, 2013 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Ten things you didn’t know about Easter (but really should) T. Steelman explains where a number of popular Easter traditions come from.

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March 31st, 2013 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised. Remember what he said to you

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March 31st, 2013 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

The National Archives’ Our Presidents: Are you decorating eggs for Easter? The Kennedy family did! Here’s an image from the Kennedy’s April 1963 Easter vacation

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