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Religion and Values

Published
June 9, 2012

Atheist faces new setback in cross suit

A panel affirms a ruling that found no grounds to sue over a state grant for repairs to an Illinois cross.
Published
June 9, 2012

Can established ministries save souls one click at a time?

Billy Graham Crusades is taking its years of experience and adapting it to the Internet.
Published
June 2, 2012

Black ministers divided over Obama’s views on gay marriage

Most of the clergy at a national gathering oppose gay nuptials, but a speaker offers a different opinion.
Published
June 2, 2012

Religion Calendar

Today Rummage and bake sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Woodfords Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland. Catholic Charities Thrift Store, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., first anniversary party at 244 St. John St., Union Station Plaza, Portland. The store is open every day. Call 781-8555 for more information or visit www.ccmaine.org/thriftstore. Presbytery of Northern New […]
Published
June 2, 2012

Reflections: Mission in Maine: Sharing Good News for compassionate change

Christianity Today magazine was founded in 1956 by Billy Graham, and the first editor was Dr. Nelson Bell, a Christian medical missionary to China. You may remember that his daughter, Ruth Bell, met Billy Graham at Wheaton College in Illinois and later became Mrs. Billy Graham. The magazine is dedicated to keeping the public aware […]

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Published
June 2, 2012

Snake-handling West Virginia pastor dies of rattler bite

'This is how he would have wanted to die,' a religion professor says of the man, who'd been bitten before.
Published
June 2, 2012

Nuns: Reprimand causing ‘pain’ in church

A church-ordered overhaul is based on unfounded claims, the largest umbrella group for U.S. nuns says.
Published
May 26, 2012

Reflections: Understanding that God is in control allows us to get out of bed

It started as an ordinary Sunday. Jim went for his early morning run as the sun rose. Bringing the Sunday papers into the house, he glanced at the headline and chuckled at the predictable soft news on the weekend. Jim started the coffee and made out the collection envelope for church. Then he bounded up […]
Published
May 26, 2012

Vatican police hold suspect with classified documents

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican said Friday that its police is holding a suspect in connection with the “illegal” possession of classified documents. The announcement by papal spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi came a day after the board of the Holy See’s bank, the Institute for the Works of Religion, or IOR, unanimously voted to […]
Published
May 26, 2012

White evangelicals glimpsing the left

Some are questioning conservative views about issues other than abortion and gay marriage.