Religion
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PublishedAugust 27, 2023
Beth Israel Synagogue in Waterville raises $3.3 million for renovation, other needs
Several upgrades are nearing completion as the synagogue, which opened in 1958 at 291 Main St., is set to begin a new chapter serving the region's Jewish community.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2023
Our View: Hate groups tear at the seams of our country
White supremacists, and the politicians who have pulled them into the mainstream, are a growing threat.
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PublishedJune 14, 2023
Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch because it has female pastors
The statement of faith of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination asserts that only qualified men can serve as pastors.
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PublishedJune 14, 2023
Federal lawsuit challenges Maine’s limits on public funding for religious schools
The Catholic Diocese of Portland, St. Dominic Academy in Auburn and parents of a student from Whitefield say the state's tuition program discriminates against religious schools.
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PublishedJune 10, 2023
Commentary: Faith-based communities have a role to play in strengthening democracy
Our approach envisions a shared future and supports a framework for civic action but empowers individual communities to engage in the ways that are most meaningful and effective for them.
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PublishedJune 4, 2023
Commentary: Resistance to abortion rights is about keeping women down
I consider the value of a potential life against the value of a woman’s lived life to the point she becomes pregnant, and I come down on the side of that lived life.
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PublishedMay 9, 2023
Celebrating ‘The Month of Mary’
Holy Martyrs Church in Falmouth holds a special ceremony.
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PublishedApril 24, 2023
Spiritual center in Biddeford Pool to close after 45 years
The building, which sits near the beach and is assessed at $2.9 million, will be sold. The remaining 13 sisters will move to New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
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PublishedApril 9, 2023
The Maine Millennial: No public mission, no public money
It’s the Bangor Christian School's style of faith that has turned my generation away from organized religion.
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PublishedApril 9, 2023
Maine Voices: Consider Jesus’ preferred pronouns, and true regard for the other
In Maine and elsewhere, transphobic legislation seeks to enshrine a dangerous and unorthodox notion of religious freedom.
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