Nanci Greene was voted in as a full-time pastor at the First Congregational Church of Norridgewock earlier this month.
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Pope tenderly kissed on forehead by man at weekly audience
The casually dressed man was in one of the front-row seats reserved for ailing or disabled people.
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Vatican sees intense interest in opening of Pius XII archive
More than 150 historians and researchers have signed up to access the documents of the World War II-era pope.
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Solon evangelical church installs new pastor
A year after Pastor Timothy Hunt died unexpectedly in January 2019, members of the church have selected a new pastor who fits with the mission of the church and is well liked by the community.
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Father Josh: A married Catholic priest in a celibate world
The Rev. Joshua Whitfield is one of the few men who slipped through a clerical loophole created 40 years ago.
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Trump puts global religious freedom in the political fray
Can a long-standing bipartisan priority stay that way amid the white-hot politics of an election year?
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Critics of Trump immigration policy will do community service for misdemeanors at protest
A judge declined to impose fines or jail time on the 4 people arrested during a protest against federal policies that led immigrant families to be separated at the border.
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For Auschwitz survivor, telling her story now the reason to live
Bronia Brandman, 88, says that educating others is the driving force in her life 75 years after the liberation of the Nazi death camp.
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At Vatican, Pence discusses abortion, Venezuela with Pope Francis
During an hourlong audience, the pontiff and vice president also talk about displaced religious minorities in the Middle East.
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Trump’s black voter outreach looks in part to the pews
The president’s re-election campaign is reaching out to one of the African-American community’s most important institutions – churches.