Congregants say that being unable to hear the music, prayers and sermons might be considered a limitation, but their trilingual church has changed that.
Religion and Values
Pope marks joyful Christmas Eve after less-than-joyful year
Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass in a packed St. Peter’s Basilica.
Central Maine holiday stories of faith
Happy holidays to you and your family from ours!
Evangelical tussling over anti-Trump editorial escalates
The letter to the magazine’s president includes a veiled warning that Christianity Today could lose readership or advertising revenue.
Pope, U.N. chief issue message on migrants, climate, nuclear weapons
The Vatican and the United Nations have found increasing common ground under the first pope from the ‘global south.’
Trump blasts Christian magazine that called for his removal
Christianity Today published an editorial arguing the president has a ‘blackened moral record.’
Harry Sky, prominent rabbi and civil rights leader in Maine, dies at 95
Sky, described by a former governor as ‘the conscience of the community,’ played a prominent role for decades in Portland’s religious and civic life.
Planning Board to consider Waterville church’s request for rezoning
The Planning Board on Monday will consider whether to recommend to the City Council that it rezone 6 Main Place to allow a church to lease space in the building.
Nativity pageant tradition continues Sunday in Portland
The pageant has been the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church’s Christmas gift to the community since 1926.
Catholic dioceses spar over sainthood for Archbishop Sheen
There’s an unusual public spat going on between the dioceses in Peoria, Ill., and Rochester, N.Y.