After a late-career change in direction and almost a decade of preparation to become an Episcopal priest, the Army veteran is now in charge at St. Michael’s in Auburn.
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Renewing Bates’ ‘cherished place’
With Lisbon glass expert Jim Nutting fixing its stained-glass windows, the 107-year-old chapel at Bates College sparkles more than ever after a two-year renovation.
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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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Police to probe whether Oakland church violated pandemic guidelines with weekend crowds
Vehicles, many with out-of-state plates, packed the Kingdom Life Church parking lot on High Street in Oakland on Friday and Saturday nights, possibly violating state pandemic guidelines.
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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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Inside Lewiston’s Greek Orthodox Church
As the popular annual Greek Festival takes shape — COVID style — we go inside the spiritual home of the area’s Greeks to better understand their faith.
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Jerry Falwell Jr. will take indefinite leave from university after racy social media post
In recent months, Falwell’s behavior has been blasted by his own students, young alumni and Black alumni, but this week white evangelical leaders openly criticized him on social media.
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Maine families say Supreme Court ruling boosts their case in religious school funding suit
The decision in a Montana case could affect a federal appeals court case in Boston involving 3 Maine families who are seeking school district tuition payments toward the cost of educating their children in religious schools.
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Maine diocese fires priest criticized by judge in murder case
A Superior Court justice said the Rev. Anthony Cipolle ‘inflamed’ an argument that led to the murder of a Hampden woman in 2018.
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Waterville priest keeps church door open for the benefit of longtime parishioners
Marie Fefa Deeb, 94, attends Mass at St. Joseph Maronite Catholic Church at Appleton and Front streets, a lifelong daily devotion to spend, as she puts it, a half hour or hour with the Lord.