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PublishedJune 20, 2023
Vatican document calls for Catholic Church to promote women, include LGBTQ+ community
The Vatican on Tuesday released the synthesis of a two-year consultation process, publishing a working document that will form the basis of discussion for a big meeting of bishops and laypeople in October.
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PublishedMay 25, 2023
Lawsuit accuses bishop of Diocese of Portland of facilitating sexual abuse
The suit alleges that Bishop Robert Deeley was one of three high-ranking members of the Catholic Church who were negligent in allowing a high school administrator in Massachusetts to sexually abuse minors for several years starting in 2011.
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PublishedApril 17, 2023
Waterville City Council to consider final vote on rezoning rectory for building supply company
Councilors are scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday to review proposed department budgets, and at 7 p.m. are expected to take a final vote on rezoning the former church rectory site at 74 Pleasant St.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2023
$3 million in federal funds will help preserve Maine Irish Heritage Center’s history
The center inside the old St. Dominic's church building in Portland's West End, a key piece of the area's rich Irish identity, will get long-needed updates to the roof and brickwork.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2023
Former cardinal tells Massachusetts court he is unfit to stand trial
Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleaded not guilty in 2021 in the case that alleges the priest sexually abused the boy at a wedding reception at Wellesley College in June 1974.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2023
Lawsuit against Catholic religious order says abuse at retreats in Maine was coordinated
A U.S. District Judge ruled Friday that the woman, who says she was sent to seminary retreats in Maine where she was sexually abused as a young girl, will be allowed to sue anonymously.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2023
Pope meets with Benedict’s aide amid revelations in unflattering new book
Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, the longtime secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, has raised eyebrows with an extraordinary memoir in which he settles old scores, reveals palace intrigues and casts Francis in a deeply unfavorable light.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2023
Faithful mourn Benedict XVI at funeral presided over by pope
Pope Francis joined tens of thousands of faithful in bidding farewell to Benedict XVI at a rare requiem Mass for a dead pope presided over by a living one.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2023
An account of Benedict’s papacy to be sealed in his coffin
A one-page account of Benedict’s nearly eight-year papacy will be put into a metal cylinder and placed inside the coffin, along with other items including Vatican coins minted during his reign.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2022
Vatican says Pope Emeritus Benedict in stable condition, participated in Mass
On Wednesday, Pope Francis revealed that his 95-year-old predecessor was “very ill” and he went to see him in his home in the Vatican Gardens.
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