Editor’s Note: For dates and times of Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter services, please contact individual places of worship. Saturday Flea market and bake sale, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Lovell United Church of Christ, Route 5, Center Lovell. Holy Grounds Coffee House, 6:30 p.m., featuring Brian Patricks, Bob McKillop and Yes We Kin […]

VATICAN CITY – He wasn’t at the top of the lists of candidates that Vatican experts, pundits and journalists considered most likely to become the next pope. In fact, he wasn’t on most lists at all. So when Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the cardinal of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was announced as the 266th pope Wednesday night […]

A judge rules he should not be compelled to act in conflict with his religious beliefs on contraception.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Some rabbis hired by long-established congregations are struggling to gain acceptance among their fellow clergy because they got their ordinations in 21st-century style: online. Rabbis with non-traditional credentials have long been part of South Florida’s Jewish scene. They often created their own congregations, separate from American Judaism’s traditional denominations. But at […]

Sunday “Sacred Cocoons and Divine Time,” 10:30 a.m., interfaith service at Portland New Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland. Visit chimeofmaine.org for details. Gospel singer Ralph Bedard, 3 p.m., free concert presented by First Fruits Ministries at First Evangelical Free Church, 355 Bridgton Road, Westbrook Tuesday “On Creation, Science and Faith,” 7 to 8:30 p.m., Lenten […]

Sunday “What if everyone in Maine had quality health care?” 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., universal health care discussion with Dr. Phil Caper. St. Luke’s Cathedral, 146 State St., Portland. Sacred harp singing, 1 to 4 p.m., The New Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland. Free and all are welcome to participate. This is not a […]