Religion and Values
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PublishedNovember 23, 2020
Mexico’s Catholic Church cancels Guadalupe pilgrimage over pandemic
Millions of pilgrims travel to Mexico City to celebrate the Virgin every Dec. 12.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2020
Black clergy, United Way to launch anti-coronavirus effort
The initiative focuses on expanding testing and increased public health education.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2020
Maine Catholic churches voice frustration while limiting in-person attendance
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland will follow new state coronavirus guidance limiting attendance to 50 people, but says its 141 churches have operated safely throughout the pandemic.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2020
The preacher and the plague
The Rev. Todd Bell continues to flout public health measures aimed at keeping the pandemic in check. His backstory helps explain why.
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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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