Religion and Values

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December 8, 2012

Religion Calendar

Saturday “Hannah, Mary, and Longing,” 9:30 a.m. to noon, free seminar for women led by Teresa Bernier. St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 496 Lisbon St./Route 196, Lisbon. Child care is available on request and lunch is included. Contact the church at 353-8453 for reservations. Holiday concert, 4 p.m., annual performance featuring the University of Southern Maine […]
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December 8, 2012

West Point cadet resigns over culture of religion

MINNEAPOLIS – Six months short of graduation, West Point cadet Blake Page resigned over what he says is a culture that promotes prayer and religion and harasses nonreligious cadets at one of the country’s most prestigious military academies. Within the next few days, his life in the military will be over and he’ll be headed […]
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December 8, 2012

Reflections: Christmas gift rings out message of being created in God’s image

In the midst of recounting her progressive, ominous signs and symptoms of leukemia, Mary opened her oversized pocketbook, took out a wrinkled, brown paper bag, and placed it on the writing table that separated us in the examining room. I stopped talking, intrigued at how she was affectionately patting the bag. Pointing at the bag, […]
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December 8, 2012

Lawsuit accuses pastor, wife of improprieties

While millions of dollars are unaccounted for, the couple live lavishly and the church falls into debt.
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December 1, 2012

Religion Calendar

Saturday Tree and wreath sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., to benefit a poor grade school in Haiti. Cheverus High School, 267 Ocean Ave., Portland. World AIDS Day, 7 p.m., interfaith service at the Unitarian-Universalist Church, 60 School St., Saco. Call 282-0062 for details. Adas Yoshuron CD release party, 7 p.m., with selections performed by […]

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December 1, 2012

Egyptian court sentences U.S. filmmaker to death

The filmmaker behind “Innocence of Muslims” — the low-budget film that’s been blamed by many for the wave of violence that erupted in the Mideast this fall — was sentenced to death in absentia in Egypt on Wednesday, NBC News reported. The Egyptian-American filmmaker, who has gone by a number of aliases and was most […]
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December 1, 2012

U.N. chief insists on Mideast cease-fire

His remarks on the Israel-Hamas standoff come at the launch of a center for religious understanding.
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December 1, 2012

Vatican hails U.N. action on Palestine

It calls for internationally guaranteed special status for Jerusalem, which is bound to irk Israel.
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December 1, 2012

Traveling pontiff exhibit heading for Texas

Items from the life of John Paul II will come from the Vatican, Poland and many collections.
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December 1, 2012

Myanmar copes with conflict of religions

The crisis now facing the young democracy involves ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims.

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