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PublishedAugust 2, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Maine church’s case against pandemic restrictions
Calvary Chapel in Orrington asked the court to stop Gov. Janet Mills from enforcing or reinstating any restrictions related to the rapid spread of the delta variant.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2021
U.S. churches reckon with traumatic legacy of Native residential schools
More than 150 boarding schools for Indigenous children in the United States were operated by religious groups between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2021
Pope reverses Benedict, reimposes restrictions on Latin Mass
Pope Francis says he took the action because Pope Benedict XVI’s reform had become a source of division in the church and been exploited by Catholics opposed to the Second Vatican Council.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2021
Pope Francis makes first appearance since intestinal surgery
The pontiff, who had a portion of his colon removed last week, thanked well-wishers from his hospital balcony.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2021
Maine priest placed on leave following sexual abuse allegation
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland says it is following its protocol while investigating allegations that the Rev. Robert Vaillancourt abused an underage girl in the 1980s.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2021
Pope ‘reacted well’ to intestinal surgery
The Vatican says the 84-year-old Francis had been diagnosed with 'symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon,' a reference to a narrowing in the large intestine.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2021
Vatican indicts 10, including cardinal, in London deal
Charges include extortion, abuse of office and fraud in connection with the Secretariat of State’s 350 million-euro investment in a real estate venture
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PublishedJune 29, 2021
Waldoboro church falls victim to pandemic, and others worry whether worshippers will return
Smaller organizations with older congregations that struggled to adapt during the pandemic are in the greatest danger of a downward spiral from which they can’t recover.
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PublishedJune 27, 2021
Pope Francis compares work of U.S. priest whose ministry affirms LGBTQ people to work of God
His letter to the Rev. James Martin comes three months after the Vatican's doctrine-enforcement arm called same-sex marriage 'sin.'
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PublishedJune 20, 2021
Maine congregations wrestle with reopening in the wake of vaccinations
Faith groups across the state are returning to 'a new normal,' knowing that some members may not be inoculated.
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