Diocese of Portland Bishop Robert Deeley is encouraging clergy members to join in asking for forgiveness.
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Baptist agency for child care hurt by plan to employ gays
Sunrise Children’s Services has a $7.5 million shortfall after Kentucky churches withheld annual donations.
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Saturday Paul Colman in concert, 7 p.m., to benefit Straight Ahead Ministries. Held at First E Free Church of Maine, 355 Bridgton Road, Westbrook. Go to firstfruitsministries.info or call 838-3366 for tickets and information. Sunday Church of the 2nd Chance, 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., a new church begins this week with a service at […]
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Many see Pope Francis as a godsend
His effect is everywhere, but will it be enough to bring lapsed Catholics back to the fold?
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Married man becomes a priest on ‘historic day’
The Maronite ordination is unlikely to set a Catholic precedent, church experts caution.
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Benedict XVI denies he was pressed to quit papacy
A journalist claimed last week that Benedict was pressured to resign by a group of cardinals.
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Reflections: Listen for the intimate voice of our shepherd calling us
How many of us hear the Divine voice in our daily lives?
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Obama meets with Dalai Lama
China accuses the U.S. president of letting the Tibetan spiritual leader use the White House to promote anti-Chinese activities.
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Reflections: Spiritual traditions ask us to slow down, winter complies
My body feels full and dull. Fatigued, tired even behind the eyes. Fog. Heavy. Jeans tighter than they are in jaunty summer. No charge, no juice, sluggish. As a mammal, I yearn to hibernate. I miss the coming-alive of spring and summer, or maybe I miss youth. Maybe I miss the illusion of never-ending energy, […]
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Boston mayor invites pope to visit city on U.S. trip
Mayor Martin Walsh asks the Roman Catholic Cardinal of Boston, Sean O’Malley, to hand-deliver the invitation.