Today “Understanding Karma: Creating the Life You Want,” 1 to 4 p.m., meditation workshop with the American Buddhist monk Kelsang Pawo. The Heart Opening, 227 Congress St., Portland. Cost is $25, $15 for students and seniors. For more information, visit www.MeditationINMaine.org or call 508-979-8277 Generational healing and service, 2 p.m., at the Franciscan Monastery, 20 […]

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI waded deep into U.S. campaign politics Friday, urging visiting U.S. bishops to beef up their teaching about the evils of premarital sex and cohabitation, and denouncing what he called the “powerful” gay marriage lobby in America. As debate over health care coverage for birth control rages in the United […]

Mandy was glum. Knowing how well she was doing on chemo, I realized there had to be something else distressing going on. It was her mother. Ever since Mandy’s father died nine months ago, her mother had not been able to overcome her loss. Until the day of her father’s sudden death, Mandy’s mother had […]