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Virus lockdown hits Vatican as Pope Francis livestreams audience

by NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press March 13, 2020March 13, 2020

The pontiff holds his weekly general audience in the privacy of his library as the city-state implements Italy’s drastic virus lockdown measures.

by DAVID CRARY Associated Press March 6, 2020March 12, 2020

They include a decision by numerous Catholic dioceses to suspend the serving of wine during Communion.

by NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press March 6, 2020March 12, 2020

The city-state’s health clinic, which is used by Vatican employees and their families, is shuttered for sanitizing.

by Associated Press March 1, 2020March 1, 2020

It is the first time in his seven-year papacy that he has missed the spiritual exercises.

by Associated Press February 29, 2020February 29, 2020

Francis is, however, continuing to work from his residence at the Vatican’s Santa Marta hotel and is receiving people in private.

by BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press February 28, 2020March 12, 2020

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is postponing a key April meeting of its top global leaders.

by CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press February 28, 2020February 28, 2020

It’s another major step in its effort to recover from a clergy misconduct scandal that involved a former bishop of Maine’s diocese.

by Associated Press February 28, 2020February 28, 2020

The Vatican hasn’t said what exactly Francis has come down with, but he was coughing and blowing his nose during Ash Wednesday Mass this week.

Images from services in Augusta and Waterville that mark the start of the Christian season of Lent.

Nanci Greene was voted in as a full-time pastor at the First Congregational Church of Norridgewock earlier this month.