Religion and Values
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PublishedNovember 3, 2012
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Saturday Music in the Cathedral, 7 p.m., with Music’s Quill: lutenist Timothy Burris and tenor Timothy Neill Johnson. Cathedral Church of St. Luke, 143 State St., Portland. Suggested donation is $15/$10. Sunday Prayer Vigil, 10:45 a.m., to support same-sex marriage, hosted by Catholics for Marriage Equality Maine at the park across from the Immaculate Conception […]
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PublishedNovember 3, 2012
NASA prevails in intelligent design case
LOS ANGELES – A judge has tentatively ruled that a former computer specialist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was not dismissed because he advocated his belief in intelligent design while at work. Superior Court Judge Ernest Hiroshige said Thursday he is leaning in favor of JPL’s argument that David Coppedge instead was let go because […]
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PublishedNovember 3, 2012
Navy Evangelical chaplains given second chance at court injunction
WASHINGTON – Evangelical Protestant chaplains who claim the Navy discriminates against them have won a second chance to obtain a quick court order against practices they say favor mainline Protestant and Roman Catholic chaplains for promotion. On Friday, a three-judge federal appeals court reversed a district judge’s dismissal of the evangelicals’ request for a preliminary […]
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PublishedNovember 3, 2012
Holy site may close doors in dispute over water bill
The bank account of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is frozen after it is pressed to pay up.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2012
Funding scheme bankrupts Indiana church
Using life insurance as collateral for a construction loan doesn't pay off.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2012
Where needy get care instead of a service
Churches move to preserve the dignity of the less fortunate by making them feel special.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2012
Reflections: God’s priorities for our lives provide wise guidance for voting
As Election Day approaches are you, as am I, exasperated to the point of despair by the cacophony of fear mongering and half-truths uttered by those who believe the rightness of their cause excuses the wrongness of their means? It corrodes our souls and the soul of our nation. How does one keep balance and […]
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PublishedOctober 27, 2012
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Saturday “Run for Our School,” with a free fun run for ages 9 and younger at 8:30 a.m. and a 5K at 9 a.m. St. Thomas School, 69 North Ave., Sanford. All fees and donations will benefit the school. For details or to register go to http://www.saintthomassanford.org/5Krun/5krun.aspx. Clothing swap shop closet, 9 a.m. to noon, […]
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PublishedOctober 27, 2012
Reflections: God’s presence accompanies us everywhere as the Third, the Other
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, principal figure of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, in his book “South,” described a certain traumatic occasion when it seemed that he and the other two with him included one more member than could actually be counted. Shackleton wrote that “during that long and racking march of thirty-six hours over […]
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PublishedOctober 27, 2012
Wisconsin priest resurrects Latin Mass
While few in the pews are fluent in the language, it seems nothing is lost in translation.
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