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September 2019

September 22, 2019

Ordination update: 9 new deacons for Boston

It happened Saturday, when Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley ordained the new deacons at the Cathedral...

November 2018

November 08, 2018

Boston Catholic parish holds funeral Mass for Whitey Bulger

Details: Catholic parish in South Boston that sits within feet of the Winter Hill Gang's...

October 2018

October 06, 2018

Ordination update: 8 new deacons for Boston

From The Pilot: Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley ordained eight men from six parishes to the...

September 2018

September 30, 2018

How one parish is reaching out to young people—and growing

The Boston Globe looks at the dwindling number of young people engaged in the Catholic...

August 2018

August 27, 2018

Bishop: ‘I commit myself to a full day and night of public penance…’

This is something exceptional, from my longtime Facebook friend Bishop Robert Reed in Boston, a...

August 10, 2018

BREAKING: O’Malley opens investigation into Boston seminary, puts rector on leave

From CNS: The Archbishop of Boston said in an Aug. 10 statement that he has...

April 2018

April 07, 2018

Thank you, Boston!

I had a wonderful two days up in Boston, where I was privileged to give...

February 2014

February 04, 2014

Gay man files discrimination complaint against Catholic school for refusing to hire him

From The Boston Globe: Matthew Barrett thought he had found his dream job. He had...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Ordination update: 12 new deacons for Boston

From the Boston Pilot: At the ordination Mass of 12 new permanent deacons at the...

September 21, 2013

Cardinal Seán O’Malley responds to Pope Francis interview

The cardinal, of course, is part of the "Super 8" group of advisors to Pope...

April 2013

April 26, 2013

Heart full of hope: the story behind the beautiful cover of Boston Magazine

From the Atlantic Wire: For their May cover, following the Boston Marathon bombing, Boston Magazine has created an...

April 21, 2013

Citing bombings, Boston’s Cardinal O’Malley warns of “culture of death,” opposes death penalty for suspect

Details: Boston’s Catholic archbishop marked the city’s renewed sense of community after the marathon bombings...

April 18, 2013

VIDEO: Cardinal O’Malley tells Boston mourners, “We must overcome the culture of death”

Cardinal Sean O'Malley's remarks from today's interfaith memorial service at the cathedral in Boston.

April 17, 2013

How can you keep from singing? A great rendition of the National Anthem tonight in Boston

As the YouTube description puts it: Before the Bruins-Sabres game, Rene Rancourt starts singing, and...

April 16, 2013

“God knows, too, what it is to lose a loved one in an unjust attack…”

I quoted from this sermon after Sandy Hook, and it's worth reprinting here today. This...

April 16, 2013

Pope Francis prays that “all Bostonians will be united in a resolve not to be overcome by evil”

The Holy Father sent a telegram today, through his Secretary of State: His Eminence Cardinal...

April 16, 2013

Boston grieves: prayers for 8-year-old Martin Richard

This image, from Facebook, appears to be his First Communion picture. Details: The 8-year-old boy...

April 15, 2013

The good people of Boston

They were everywhere Monday: the good guys. EMS workers, rescuers, cops, volunteers, runners who completed...

November 2012

November 06, 2012

Must-read: What kind of man wants to be a priest today?

Yesterday, I posted on the peculiar way that Fr. Michael Pfleger marked Holy Thursday a...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

Ordination update: 10 new deacons in Boston

From the Boston Pilot: Standing before their wives, children, friends and parishioners, 10 men were...

September 21, 2012

Ordination preview: new deacons for Boston

From the Boston Pilot: Cardinal Seán O'Malley will celebrate the Rite of Ordination to the...

May 2012

May 25, 2012

Kennedy widow: “It would be impossible to unravel my faith from the other aspects of my life”

She delivered the controversial commencement speech at Boston College today. Details: Victoria Reggie Kennedy called...

November 2011

November 21, 2011

Cardinal O’Malley on controversial editor: “He has done an extraordinary job…”

The editor who pilots The Pilot -- the newspaper for the Archdiocese of Boston --...

November 02, 2011

Boston Catholic paper withdraws column suggesting same-sex attraction is the work of the devil — UPDATED

Details: The column, which appeared Friday in the Archdiocese of Boston’s official newspaper, The Pilot,...

September 2011

September 23, 2011

Ordination update: baker's dozen in Boston

The big news, from The Pilot: On a crisp, sunny, September morning at the Cathedral...

August 2011

August 25, 2011

Boston posts list of accused priests

It happened Thursday afternoon. Details, from the Boston Globe. Nearly 10 years after a worldwide...

August 11, 2011

A priest-painter who's "not afraid to push the envelope"

He's attracting a lot of attention as he opens a new show near Boston. From...

July 2011

July 11, 2011

Gay mass goes on at Boston parish

It made headlines last month when it was scheduled, then cancelled -- but the controversial...

July 08, 2011

The reality TV that wasn't: how CBS faked the Fourth

What you see below never happened. Read all about it: Those who watched Boston’s revered...

June 2011

June 26, 2011

Boston convert launches new order of sisters

And, it's the first new order of its kind in over 60 years. Details: It...