The company challenges a federal mandate requiring insurance coverage for emergency contraceptives.
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Skate Church gets on board with Jesus
The Lexington, Ky., church stresses fellowship outside of a formal church setting.
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Vatican offers indulgences for virtual fans
But a Catholic seeking an indulgence from the World Youth Day in Rio must truly be contrite.
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Mitzvah tanks take religion to the streets
Rabbis take to the streets where they say people are trying to avoid religion.
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La. senator introduces ‘Freedom to Pray Act’
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu has introduced a bill to forbid the federal government from withholding money from programs whose participants engage in voluntary religious activity after a group that requires church attendance lost $30,000. Landrieu introduced the Freedom to Pray Act on Thursday. The Louisiana Democrat has been working on it for […]
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Religion Calendar
Saturday Yard and bake sale with cookout, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., First Congregational Church, 167 Black Point Road, Scarborough. Craft and bake sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., North Sebago Methodist Church, Route 114, North Sebago. Anniversary Mass, 6 p.m., celebrating the 40th anniversary of the ordination of Monsignor Michael Henchal, pastor of St. […]
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Reflections: God answers our prayers, but in ways we can’t begin to envision
Off-handedly, I am not sure how to measure my own prayer experience. Still, I do pray, confessing a “compass in my being” — steadying me with the conviction that Something of Ultimate Significance in the Universe…a Shadowy-Unknowable underlying creation…yet intimately acquainted with me…wills from me a reply. Christianly, I am persuaded by Jesus’ words, “Ask, […]
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Reflections: It’s a pain to accept it, but ailments give us vital lessons
My shoulder aches. Maybe I pulled a pectoral muscle, overused a bicep or unattached the attachment of this ligament or that tendon. A little spot smarts when I back up my right arm to slip it into a sleeve. It jabs when I lift a load of laundry. I sometimes work with people in chronic […]
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Religion Calendar
Sunday Healing service, 1 p.m., with Rosary, teaching and laying on of hands. Holy Rosary services are held daily. The Little House of Prayer, 8 Little House of Prayer Drive, Biddeford. All are welcome. For more information, call 284-6286 or go online to www.littlehouseofprayer.com. Shapenote Singing, 1 to 4 p.m. at The New Church, 302 […]
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Orthodox woman gains leading role in synagogue
The first female spiritual leader in a U.S. Orthodox synagogue breaks ground, but gender barriers remain.