Community shabbat services will be held Friday in Augusta and Waterville as members of the Jewish faith and others mourn the loss of 11 people in the deadliest attack on Jews in the history of the U.S.
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Two candidates for sainthood inspired pope
Francis will canonize Pope Paul VI and martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero on Sunday.
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Pope defrocks 2 Chilean bishops accused of sex abuse
The evidence against Archbishop Francisco Jose Cox Huneeus and retired Bishop Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez was so overwhelming a canonical trial was deemed unnecessary.
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Mormons to spend less time at church on Sundays
The change from three hours to two hours each Sunday takes effect in January.
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Sex abuse scandal: Pope seeks prayers to fight ‘devil’
A Vatican statement appears to be an indirect response to accusations that Francis himself was complicit in covering up the sexual misconduct of a now-disgraced American ex-cardinal.
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Sisters of Mercy in Greater Portland celebrate jubilee anniversaries
The eight are among 78 members of the Northeast Community who have at least 50 years of service.
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Pope defrocks priest in abuse scandal
Francis laicizes the Rev. Fernando Karadima for having sexually abused minors in Santiago, Chile.
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Kids who attend religious services are happier adults
In fact, they are about 18 percent more likely to report higher happiness as young adults than those who never attended services, a study finds.
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Augusta Unitarian Universalist minister taking exchange trip across the pond
The Rev. Carie Johnson will spend October in Wales, while a Welsh minister, the Rev. Alun Dafis, will serve as minister here for the month.
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Pope: Abuse scandals driving faithful away
‘We ourselves need to be converted,’ he says in Estonia on the final day of his Baltics pilgrimage.