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

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 […]

Today Soul Jam 2012, with Sidewalk Prophets, Jamie Grace, The Letter Black and other performers. Funtown USA, Saco. Tickets are $29 and include music and rides. Visit www.worshipfm.org or call 622-1340 for details. Yard sale, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., to benefit Sanford Unitarian Church’s non-food pantry. Held at 89 Lower Barley St., Lebanon. Yard […]

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 […]

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 […]

It used to begin with the evening news. Always, there was a faint tapping in the brain … something scratching at my conscience. Inevitably, this interior grating became an incessant “Get up and do something!” Another voice, also unrelenting, spoke a canceling resignation. It reminded me that in reality there was in fact nothing I […]

Today Plant and yard sale, 8 a.m. to noon, rain or shine. Falmouth Congregational Church, 267 Falmouth Road. Pie and plant sale, 9 a.m. to noon, sponsored by Bar Mills Community Church, at Allen’s shed, Portland and Pennell roads, Buxton. Free clothing swap and cookie bake, 9 a.m. to noon, with the cookies to be […]

The Rev. Thomas Williams resigns from a prominent post in Rome and says he will take a year to reflect.