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Cardinal O’Malley on Cardinal Law: ‘Forgiveness Is What Christianity Is All About’

Matthew McDonald

"[H]urt is still there, the healing is still necessary," said Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, the archbishop of Boston, during a press conference at the archdiocesan chancery in Braintree on Wednesday, the day his predecessor, Cardinal Bernard Law, who led the archdiocese from 1984 to 2002, died in Rome at age 86. Law, who was responsible for covering up and enabling sexual abuse of children by certain priests of the archdiocese, was appointed archpriest of a basilica in Rome in 2004; O'Malley said he doesn't think such an appointment would happen today in similar circumstances.

Newton Mayor Warren Rips Baker For Gov’s Apparent Support of GOP Tax Bill
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Newton Mayor Warren Rips Baker For Gov’s Apparent Support of GOP Tax Bill

Evan Lips

On the same day that President Donald Trump signed into law a landmark tax reform bill, Newton Mayor Setti Warren — one of several Democrats angling for the chance to unseat Governor Charlie Baker — laid into the Swampscott Republican for apparently helping his party pass the legislation.

  1. ­Warren's criticism centers on Baker's ability to raise dollars for the Republican National Committee, and in his statement Tuesday, Warren said that Trump and GOP lawmakers "should thank Charlie Baker for his support of the Republican effort to pass this terrible bill that will hurt Massachusetts families."
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