She assails his response to the priest sex-abuse crisis, by saying church officials focused on liability issues.

He affirms sex should take place only within marriage between a man and a woman to have children.

Today Rummage sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Clark Memorial United Methodist Church, Forest and Pleasant avenues, Portland. Plant and book sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 Allen Ave., Portland. Yard sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 179 Ridgeland Ave., South Portland. Electronic recycling, 9 […]

The Muslims say his action was due to ‘misinformation about our religion.’

Today Mother’s Day Plant Sale, 7 to 11 a.m., Tere Porter’s parking lot, next to Rite Aid, Oxford. To benefit His Place Teen Center. For details, call 743-9503 or visit www.hisplaceteencenter.com. Yard sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Lepage Conference Center, 99 Campus Ave., Lewiston. To benefit the St. Boniface […]

PORTLAND Rabbi, wife redeem son in commemoration rite A Redemption of the Firstborn Son ceremony, or Pidyon haBen, was held Sunday in Portland when Rabbi Mendel Shemtov and his wife, Shterna Sara, redeemed their son. The rabbi paid the kohen, or high priest, to buy the child. The ceremony commemorates the redemption of the Jewish […]

Martin Heidegger said that it is only when a hammer doesn’t work that you realize that it is a hammer. Before the handle broke or the head shattered, it performed the task you set it to and took it for granted. It is much the same way for blossoms. We regret their fading and loss, […]