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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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PublishedApril 16, 2019
Effect of Notre Dame Cathedral fire felt in central Maine
While Winthrop resident Debbie Sherman reflected on her March visit to the cultural icon; the Rev. John Skehan pointed out that Notre Dame was more than a ‘tourist attraction’ for its parishioners.
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PublishedApril 12, 2019
Students at Mormon-owned BYU urge honor code compassion
Several hundred hold a protest to push college officials to be more forgiving of those who violate rules banning things such as drinking, premarital sex, beards and piercings.
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PublishedApril 12, 2019
Vatican opens its own probe in decades-old missing girl case
It's investigating the case of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old Vatican citizen who disappeared in the summer of 1983.
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PublishedApril 12, 2019
Pope kisses feet of South Sudan’s leaders to encourage peace
The pontiff makes an unprecedented gesture of humbleness to close a two-day retreat for the African leaders.
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PublishedApril 6, 2019
French priest’s 150-year-old heart being venerated in NYC
Saint John Vianney is considered the patron saint of parish priests, famed for hearing hours-long confessions with an understanding ear.
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PublishedApril 5, 2019
Pope names a moderate as archbishop of Washington, D.C.
Archbishop Wilton Gregory promises Catholics he will 'rebuild your trust' after Pope Francis named him to lead the archdiocese that has become the epicenter of the clergy sex abuse crisis in the U.S.
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PublishedApril 5, 2019
Vatican meets lawyers opposed to the criminalization of gays
The group urges the Holy See to publicly oppose such laws and 'conversion' therapies.
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