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PublishedOctober 29, 2020
Federal court upholds Maine law barring public funding for religious high schools
The plaintiffs charge that Maine's tuition statute is unfair to students who attend such schools, and plan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2020
Mainers benefit as region’s churches erase about $26 million in medical debt
United Church of Christ congregations across southern New England helped raise enough money to help almost 20,000 families nationally.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2020
In new encyclical, Pope Francis says market capitalism has failed in pandemic
He says the loss of millions of jobs is evidence of the need for politicians to listen to unions and marginalized groups and to craft more just social and economic policies.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2020
Sanford pastor remains defiant, engages religious liberty attorney
Todd Bell preached again to an in-person congregation at Calvary Baptist Church on Sunday, according to a live internet audio stream of services.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2020
Pastor defiant about outbreak as anxiety increases in Sanford
Todd Bell, who officiated at a wedding in Millinocket that has been linked to more than 130 cases of COVID-19 and 1 death, has framed himself as a victim of a culture war.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2020
Waterville’s Temple Academy clashes in court with former parent over a decade of protesting
Tim White testified in court Tuesday that his First Amendment rights of free speech were at stake, while the private Christian school contended that White's actions were harassment.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2020
The Rev. André-Joseph LaCasse coming to Waterville for next assignment
The priest is a member of the Dominican Order and will assume the post of parochial vicar of Corpus Christi Parish.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2020
Waterville Congregational church moves into new space at The Elm
The First Congregational Church United Church of Christ has moved its operations to a new space on a lower level of The Elm at 21 College Ave., spending more than $100,000 to renovate the space.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2020
More U.S. churches sue to challenge COVID-19 restrictions
Churches in California and Minnesota are challenging state pandemic restrictions in court, contending that they are violations of religious liberty.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2020
Catholic schools in Massachusetts hit by wave of permanent closures
Some 140 Catholic schools nationwide have been shut down this year, victims of the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout.
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