The Falmouth event, happening April 7, is a decade-long tradition.
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Maine’s Muslim community gets show of support in wake of New Zealand attacks
At least two dozen people keep watch outside a Portland mosque during Friday afternoon prayers.
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Maine Voices: After Christchurch attack, a call to prayer – and to action
Reject extremism, reach out to your neighbor and resist ‘us versus them’ rhetoric.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to break ground on Saco expansion
Church leaders say the congregation, established in 1996, has 200 active members from Saco, Biddeford, Old Orchard Beach, Buxton, Dayton, Arundel, Hollis and Kennebunkport.
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After national vote for LGBT restrictions, Portland Methodists send message of inclusion
‘You are welcome in this place,’ the husband-and-wife pastors of HopeGateWay tell their congregation at Sunday’s services.
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Maine Episcopalians elect openly gay bishop
One of five finalists, the Rev. Thomas James Brown ‘clearly … made an impression.’ He expects to be consecrated in June.
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Pakistani woman cleared of blasphemy remains locked up
Asia Bibi is unable to leave the country to join her daughters in Canada.
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Northeast province of Jesuits to release list of credibly accused priests
The regional body’s report, which may include names that have never been made public, shows the church’s transparency push after years of turmoil.
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Civil liberties groups ask to join legal fight and oppose public funding for religious schools in Maine
The groups have asked for intervenor status in a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn a state law prohibiting the use of public funds to pay for religious school tuitions.
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Trump laments ‘evil anti-Semitic attack’ in Pennsylvania
He says the death toll might have been lower if an armed guard had been there at the synagogue.