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Religion and Values

  • Published
    June 22, 2013

    Religion Calendar

    Saturday Yard sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Corliss Street Church Annex, Weeks and Middle streets, Bath. Yard, bake and plant sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., to benefit several organizations, Union Church, 34 Union St., Biddeford. Yard sale and hot dog stand, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thornton Heights United Methodist Church, 100 Westbrook […]

  • Published
    June 22, 2013

    Streisand speaks out on separation of men and women in Israel

    JERUSALEM – Entertainer Barbra Streisand waded into one of Israel’s touchiest issues this week on the first major stop of her tour of the country — Jewish religious practices that separate men and women. Speaking at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Monday, where she received an honorary doctorate, she took aim at cases of […]

  • Published
    June 22, 2013
    David Johnson

    Tennessee church helps members get legal access

    The faith-based initiative deals with needy parishioners' legal problems.

  • Published
    June 15, 2013

    Religion Calendar

    Saturday Yard sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Unitarian-Universalist Church, 60 School St., Saco. Items inside and outside. Yard sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Raymond Village Community Church, 27 Main St., Route 121, Raymond. “God’s Trombones,” 5 p.m., a tribute to poet and civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) with worship and conversation. […]

  • Published
    June 15, 2013

    Reflections: Loving relationships more important than stuff

    My stuff is mostly on pages. I’ve got shelves of books. Some are timeless. Most were current a while back; less so now. Want them? I’m sure my kids won’t.I imagine that the time will come for you, as I realize that it has arrived for me, when you’ll have to take a serious look […]

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  • Published
    June 15, 2013

    Church heads concur about gay marriage

    The pope and archbishop choose words carefully.

  • Published
    June 15, 2013

    Archbishop of Canterbury, Pope Francis speak of unity

    LONDON – The neophyte holders of two of Christendom’s most venerable posts met for the first time Friday and spoke of fostering unity and understanding between their sometimes rival branches of the faith. Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby exchanged warm words at the Vatican even as they acknowledged that relations between the […]

  • Published
    May 31, 2013

    Reflections: Journey of our existence can be comparable to a trial by fire

    Our sacrifice — the best we have to offer, And not our worst nor second best, our best, Our very best, our lives laid down like Jonah’s Our lives laid down in war and peace — may not Be found acceptable in Heaven’s sight. And that they may be is the only prayer Worth praying. […]

  • Published
    May 31, 2013

    Religion Calendar

    Saturday Yard sale, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., St. Luke’s Chapel, Saco Avenue, Old Orchard Beach. Rummage sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Woodfords Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland. Annual yard sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. Blue Point Congregational Church, 236 Pine Point Road, Scarborough. Shape note singing, 1 to 4:30 […]

  • Published
    May 31, 2013
    Cardinal Mahony arrives in the procession for a mass for Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles Gomez in Los Angeles

    Secret files document sins of the fathers

    Since the Enlightenment, the Catholic Church has kept a secret archive for highly sensitive matters.