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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: We’re still waiting on the pope’s promises about clergy sex abuse
Not a single bishop has been explicitly held accountable and stripped of his title.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Waterville congregation hears from transgender woman about her experience
‘There comes a moment where we have to choose to be ourself,’ the president of the Maine Transgender Network tells churchgoers.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The humble Farmer: Televangelist Jim Bakker has a second coming
Here he is again, the old master of the broadcast con, still peddling books from a screen in my living room.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Religion and Values
Maine’s Catholic diocese offers training to prevent, respond to violence in churches
Incidents such as the 2015 shooting at a church in South Carolina prompt the diocese and the Department of Homeland Security to plan workshops for leaders of all denominations.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Will Trump’s attacks on decency spark the religious left to rise again?
If ever there were a moment for the left to seize the mantle of religion from conservatives, surely it arrives Jan. 20 at noon, when Donald Trump is inaugurated as president.
Posted inLocal & State, News, That Moment
This Gorham family will celebrate with a menorah and a Christmas tree
When Amy Starr, who is Jewish, fell in love with Matt Hartnett, who was raised Catholic, honoring their collective religious roots became the most important holiday tradition of all.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
We must recall lessons of Japanese internment, lest we repeat tragedy
It was wrong to round up Japanese-Americans 75 years ago, and today’s Muslims are no different.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Christmas morning in Whoville provides a lesson for everyone
The holiday could be happier if more people imitated this capacity for forgiveness shown by characters in Dr. Seuss’ story of the Grinch.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Kathleen Parker: Execution would be too good a sentence for Dylann Roof
It’s better to condemn the church gunman to a lifetime of suffering than to end his miserable life.