The Vatican is not saying how long the expulsion will last as an inquiry into the matter goes on.
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Vatican warns of ‘dangerous’ pollution levels in Sistine Chapel
Dust, humidity and carbon dioxide are dulling and discoloring Michelangelo’s frescoed masterpiece.
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Saturday Rummage sale, 8 to 11 a.m., at Christ Church, 6 Dane St, Kennebunk. Rummage sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Cressey Road United Methodist Church, off Route 25, Gorham. 100th Anniversary celebration and Harvest Home feast, 5 p.m., Mass followed by dinner at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 678 Washington Ave., Portland. The church, which […]
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Reflections: Getting beyond our idolatrous resourcefulness
In a meditation published a year after his death, Pope Paul praised the beauty of the world and then asked, “Why have I not sufficiently studied, explored, and admired the place in which life goes on? Such unpardonable distractions, such reprehensible superficialities.” Then he said, “I would like finally to have a summing-up and knowing […]
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Inside the Muslim Brotherhood with one family
The Rantisi family experience illuminates the draw of the movement as well as its search for direction today.
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Vatican disapproves of German diocese rules on remarriage
The Church says it ‘risks causing confusion.’
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Plan to ban religious headwear mobilizes minorities
MONTREAL – Viewed from the outside, Quebec often seems like a place where all life orbits around the political destiny of a French-speaking province in an English-speaking country. The latest instance centers on religious headwear. The trigger is a heatedly debated plan by the ruling party, the separatist Parti Quebecois, to make the provincial government […]
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SATURDAY Blessing of the Animals, 10 a.m., at St. Augustine of Canterbury Church at Cathedral Pines Memorial Chapel, 156 Saco Ave., Old Orchard Beach. All are invited to bring animals of any species. Donations will benefit the Benedictine animal rescue project in Raymond. “Cover to Cover,” 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 20th-annual Maine Fellowship of […]
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Reflections: A favorite teacher taught us to see with our hearts
“We have friends to make and so many things to learn.” – from “The Little Prince” My French teacher died in September. Dottie, my favorite teacher. A scared young girl, barely out of middle school, I met her “freshman week” in high school. The earliest to arrive in French I, I opened the door, walked […]
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Mormons soften stance on homosexuality
But many of the faithful are pushing the church further – to teach that being gay isn’t a sin.