Religion and Values

Published
November 5, 2011

Religion Dispatches

DUBLIN Premier: Embassy closure, abuse scandal not related Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny rejected claims Friday that the government’s decision to close its embassy in the Vatican had anything to do with recent child abuse scandals involving the Catholic Church. Kenny said he had accepted the Vatican’s expressions of “abject sorrow about what happened” in […]
Published
November 5, 2011

‘The shepherd cannot run at the first sign of danger’

Supporters of a slain U.S. priest seek his sainthood to honor his sacrifice for Guatemala’s poor.
Published
October 29, 2011

Religion Calendar

Today Haunted Church Tour, 7 to 10 p.m., First Parish Church, 1 Church St., Gorham. Fifth annual event by the Youth Group to raise funds for its volunteer programs. The tour is not recommended for anyone under the age of 5, and all children under 10 require adult supervision. The cost is $4 for children […]
Published
October 29, 2011

Reflections: If you can believe in quarks, God is within your reach

While vacationing I serendipitously came upon an essay in USA Today titled “Why certainty about God is overrated.” Its author, Dean Nelson, who directs the journalism program at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, has a new book being released, “Quantum Leap: How John Polkinghorne Found God in Science and Religion.” As scientist and […]
Published
October 29, 2011

Religion Dispatches

Priest assigned to St. Agnes, Our Lady of the Snows Bishop Richard Malone has announced the assignment of the Rev. Paul Murray as parochial vicar to St. Agnes in Pittsfield and Our Lady of the Snows, serving communities that include Dover-Foxcroft, Dexter and Milo. Murray was born in Cambridge, Mass., and has been a member […]

Published
October 29, 2011

Members flee Legion of Christ as reforms stall

The collapse of the influential order has broader implications for the Catholic church.
Published
October 22, 2011

Religion Calendar

Today Cornerstone Festival, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Riverside United Methodist Church, 5 School St., Porter. With several activities, music, games and more. Call 625-4436 for details. Sunday Cornerstone rededication service, 9:15 a.m., Riverside United Methodist Church, 5 School St., Porter. To celebrate the 130th anniversary of the laying of the church cornerstone. 200th anniversary […]
Published
October 22, 2011

Reflections: Expressing love and praise essential in all areas of life

A few Sundays ago, I was asked to speak in a local church and concentrated on Psalm 148. It’s my favorite psalm because it speaks of the love of all of God’s creation for him. Imagine if mountains and hills, things that creep in the deep, and all the beasts of the field were given […]
Published
October 22, 2011

Church Christmas party fliers OK’d

A federal judge has granted a Christian group's request to bar a northeastern Pennsylvania school district from banning a fifth-grader from handing out fliers for a church Christmas party.
Published
October 22, 2011

Decree settles religious bias case

An Illinois woman had to quit her job to make a Muslim hajj, and then successfully sued the school district.

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