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PublishedJuly 16, 2021
Pope reverses Benedict, reimposes restrictions on Latin Mass
Pope Francis says he took the action because Pope Benedict XVI’s reform had become a source of division in the church and been exploited by Catholics opposed to the Second Vatican Council.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2021
Pope Francis makes first appearance since intestinal surgery
The pontiff, who had a portion of his colon removed last week, thanked well-wishers from his hospital balcony.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2021
Maine priest placed on leave following sexual abuse allegation
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland says it is following its protocol while investigating allegations that the Rev. Robert Vaillancourt abused an underage girl in the 1980s.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2021
Pope ‘reacted well’ to intestinal surgery
The Vatican says the 84-year-old Francis had been diagnosed with 'symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon,' a reference to a narrowing in the large intestine.
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PublishedJune 29, 2021
Waldoboro church falls victim to pandemic, and others worry whether worshippers will return
Smaller organizations with older congregations that struggled to adapt during the pandemic are in the greatest danger of a downward spiral from which they can’t recover.
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PublishedJune 20, 2021
Maine congregations wrestle with reopening in the wake of vaccinations
Faith groups across the state are returning to 'a new normal,' knowing that some members may not be inoculated.
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PublishedJune 18, 2021
U.S. Catholic bishops move toward possible rebuke of Biden over abortion stance
Supporters said a strong rebuke of the president was needed because of his recent actions protecting and expanding abortion access, while opponents warned that such action would portray the bishops as a partisan force.
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PublishedJune 16, 2021
Southern Baptists vote to debate sex abuse investigation
The move comes on the concluding day of the two-day gathering of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, attended by more than 15,000 voting delegates.
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PublishedJune 6, 2021
Pope voices ‘pain’ over Indigenous students deaths in Canada, doesn’t apologize
The majority of residential schools were run by Roman Catholic missionary congregations.
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PublishedJune 1, 2021
Vatican law criminalizes abuse of adults by priests, laity
Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority
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