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PublishedMay 10, 2019
Mormons making wedding rule change to be more inclusive
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is changing wedding rules in hopes of preventing parents and family members who aren't church members from feeling excluded.
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PublishedApril 28, 2019
Rabbi says gun ‘miraculously jammed’ in California synagogue attack
John T. Earnest, 19, surrendered to the police after he opened fire on about 100 congregants.
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PublishedApril 27, 2019
Synagogue shooting kills 1, wounds 3 during Jewish holiday
Deputies were called to the scene by 'reports of a man with a gun' and authorities confirm a man has been detained for questioning.
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PublishedApril 26, 2019
Plan with LGBT bans OK’d by United Methodist judicial panel
Conservatives welcome the decision and say key elements of the policy could begin taking effect in January; among liberal and centrist opponents of the plan, there is dismay.
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PublishedApril 21, 2019
Sudanese Catholics celebrate Easter in Portland
Immigrants from the war-torn African country take part in a traditional Azande Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
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PublishedApril 20, 2019
United Methodists edge toward breakup over LGBT policies
The United Methodist Church is on a path toward likely breakup over differences on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBT pastors.
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PublishedApril 19, 2019
As Good Friday and Passover meet this year, interfaith families receive double blessings
When the springtime holidays fall on the same date, Jewish and Christian couples look for ways to combine them or celebrate them one after the other.
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PublishedApril 19, 2019
Central Mainers celebrate Easter with sunrise services
A pair of early morning services in Gardiner and Waterville brought together people from several area churches to celebrate.
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PublishedApril 18, 2019
Poll: Church membership in U.S. plummets over past 20 years
"Culturally, we are seeing significant erosion in the trust people have for institutions in general and churches in particular," a professor of the sociology of religion at Boston University said.
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PublishedApril 16, 2019
Hundreds at Portland cathedral pray for people of Paris in wake of Notre Dame fire
Bishop Robert Deeley offers a prayer ‘for the people of France whose temple of God's glory has been so marred by this destructive fire.’
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