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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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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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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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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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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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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Bishops’ vote threatens rebuke of Biden over his stance on abortion
Catholic bishops approved creating guidelines on the meaning of Communion – a possible early step toward limiting the president’s participation in the ritual.
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U.S. Catholic bishops move toward possible rebuke of Biden over abortion stance
Supporters said a strong rebuke of the president was needed because of his recent actions protecting and expanding abortion access, while opponents warned that such action would portray the bishops as a partisan force.
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Southern Baptists vote to debate sex abuse investigation
The move comes on the concluding day of the two-day gathering of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, attended by more than 15,000 voting delegates.
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Pope voices ‘pain’ over Indigenous students deaths in Canada, doesn’t apologize
The majority of residential schools were run by Roman Catholic missionary congregations.