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Before Christ, the cross was not only a symbol but also a form of capital punishment. The cross on top of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 532 Market St., Parkersburg.

The cross is intended as "a proclamation of the good news," said Tom Sherrod, children's minister at Worthington Christian, 8145 N. High St. on the Far North Side.

Speaking of the Christian cross in particular, Kennedy said it is wrong to view it merely as a religious symbol. "Here one Latin cross in the desert evokes far more than religion.