BOSTON — Parishioners of the St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church must end their 11-year protest vigil and vacate the shuttered Roman Catholic church, a Massachusetts judge ruled Thursday. More...
PHILADELPHIA — The city boasts a large and colorful cast of characters painted on the outside of buildings across Philadelphia ”“ and now Pope Francis will join the crowd. More...
Looking at women's lives worldwide, Hillary Clinton is convinced that faith is offering strength and hope to many, while “deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases” continue to oppress others. More...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Teachers from four San Francisco Catholic high schools on Wednesday rejected the archbishop's latest revision of a teacher handbook. Dozens of teachers rallied in front of the chancery office, calling for a rejection More...
The Sanford Unitarian Universalist Church, 5 Lebanon St. in Sanford, offers summer worship services every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the parlor. Summer services run from June 21 to Sept. 6. More...
The Oak Ridge Bible Church, on 5 Washington St. in Biddeford, has adult/teen/child discipleship on Sundays at 9:45 a.m. Sunday morning meetings are at 10:45 a.m. For more information, call 282-7729, or visit www.oakridgebible.com. More...
A short, blunt sermon from Denzel Washington As often happens on a campus with strong religious ties, the commencement speaker began with a personal story about life and faith ”“ with a hint of the miraculous. More...
The small chapel in ancient Dura, near the Euphrates River in western Syria, is not a spectacular historical site that tourists from around the world travel to see. More...
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Before he left New Zealand, Mark Taylor spoke with a local television network. “I've been lonely all my life,” he said. “Been rejected by people. More...
The Sanford Unitarian Universalist Church, 5 Lebanon Street in Sanford, offers summer worship services every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the parlor. Summer services run from June 21 to Sept. 6. More...
NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — For millions of Muslims, the holy month of Ramadan marks a time for ritual fasting during the day and, often, a large meal with friends and family after sundown. More...
New summer hours for the Kennebunk Baptist Church start on June 16 and go through the fall. Service will be at 10 a.m. For more information, call 985-5921. More...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — For centuries, Sarajevo was known as “Europe's Jerusalem,” where Christianity, Islam and Judaism lived in harmony. More...
The Diocese of Portland will celebrate the fourth annual nationwide Fortnight for Freedom from June 21 to July 4, a time when the liturgical calendar celebrates a series of great martyrs who remained faithful in the face of persecution by political p More...
The Sanford Unitarian Universalist Church, 5 Lebanon Street in Sanford, offers summer worship services every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the parlor. Summer services run from June 21 to Sept. 6. More...
The Sanford Unitarian Universalist Church, 5 Lebanon Street in Sanford, offers summer worship services every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the parlor. Summer services run from June 21 to Sept. 6. More...
When the Rev. Russell Moore was a Baptist boy in Mississippi, he knew the culture around him had lots of unwritten rules. Dogs didn't live in the house. Women didn't chew tobacco in public, and men didn't chew at church or during funerals. More...
VATICAN CITY — Anxiety has so gripped American conservatives over Pope Francis' upcoming encyclical on the environment that you might think a pope had never before blamed fossil fuels for global warming. More...
By SEAN DALY Tampa Bay Times ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Like any group of spirited salesmen, this crew swaps stories about the big scores, those times when people couldn't wait to buy what they were selling. More...
WASHINGTON — Pope Francis' call for dramatic action on climate change drew a round of shrugs from congressional Republicans, while a number of the party's presidential candidates ignored it entirely. More...
One moment defined old-school evangelicalism more than any other: The altar-call ritual in which the Rev. Billy Graham urged sinners to come forward and repent, accept God's forgiveness and be born again. More...
The Union Congregational Church, 18 Church St., York Beach, will hold summer worship services at 10:15 a.m. every Sunday through Sept. 6, Labor Day weekend. For more information, call Don Robinson at 646-8355. More...
YORK — Union Congregational Church in York beach is abandoning its sanctuary ”“ for one Sunday. On July 5, congregants will worship outside in the grassy lot next to the church building. Worship will begin at 10.15 a.m. More...
The Union Congregational Church, 18 Church St., York Beach, will hold summer worship services at 10:15 a.m. every Sunday from July 5 through Sept. 6, Labor Day weekend. For more information, call Don Robinson at 646-8355. More...
The Union Congregational Church, 18 Church St., York Beach, will hold summer worship services at 10:15 a.m. every Sunday through Sept. 6, Labor Day weekend. For more information, call Don Robinson at 646-8355. More...
BIDDEFORD — Good Shepherd Parish will host a double anniversary reception to honor milestone anniversaries for Fr. Hubert J. Paquet and Fr. Renald D. Labarre on Sunday, Aug. 16, from noon to 2 p.m. The reception will be held at the St. More...
VATICAN CITY — Mayors emboldened by an appeal from Pope Francis committed themselves Wednesday to a new set of U.N. goals to end poverty and promote sustainable development over the next 15 years. More...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — During the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Muslims are called on to reflect on their faith as they conduct their daily fast. More...
The year was 1902. The faithful at Denver's Campbell Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church decided to have a fundraiser serving up some of this flock's famous barbecue. More...
DENVER (AP) — A southern Colorado school district accused of promoting evangelical Christian ideals has reached a settlement with a teacher who filed a lawsuit claiming religious discrimination. More...
The Union Congregational Church, 18 Church St., York Beach, will hold summer worship services at 10:15 a.m. every Sunday through Sept. 6, Labor Day weekend. For more information, call Don Robinson at 646-8355. More...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican's cultural activities, in particular its museums, helped boost profits by nearly double at the Vatican city-state last year, while the budget to run the Roman Curia continued to show a deficit, according to final More...
DES MOINES, Iowa — Roman Catholic leaders in the early voting state of Iowa will call Thursday on candidates for president to follow the teachings of Pope Francis and focus as much on the environment and income inequality in 2016 as they have i More...
NEW YORK — Two months ahead of his first trip to the U.S., Pope Francis' approval rating among Americans has plummeted, driven mostly by a decline among political conservatives and Roman Catholics, according to a new Gallup poll released Wednes More...
Famous authors are often invited to elite dinner parties in New York City, a setting in which the rich Georgia drawl of Flannery O'Connor stood out like a dish of cheese grits next to the caviar. More...
The Union Congregational Church, 18 Church St., York Beach, will hold summer worship services at 10:15 a.m. every Sunday from July 5 through Sept. 6, Labor Day weekend. For more information, call Don Robinson at 646-8355. More...
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AP) — Pope Francis denounced the “throwaway” culture of today's society that discards anyone who is unproductive as he celebrated his first public Mass in Bolivia on Thursday, one of the key days of his South A More...
ALFRED — Thirteen men preparing for the permanent diaconate were instituted as acolytes by Bishop Robert P. Deeley during a special Mass celebrated at the Notre Dame Spiritual Center in Alfred on June 19. More...
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa — Rick Perry bragged to an Iowa barbeque crowd about the strong economy back in Texas, drew laughs comparing President Barack Obama to Jimmy Carter and won applause vowing to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. More...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — When Lidia Guerrero met with Pope Francis in Rome last year, the Argentine native told her he knew all about Guerrero’s son, who has been on death row in Texas for 19 years. “I’ve prayed so much More...
