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Catholic Action League of Massachusetts Celebrates Defeat of Easthampton Anti-Crisis-Pregnancy-Centers Ordinance

The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts is celebrating the defeat of a proposed ordinance in Easthampton that sought to warn residents about…

Meat For Catholics This St. Patrick’s Day? Yes All Over New England, Except For One Place

All four Roman Catholic diocesan bishops in Massachusetts are allowing Catholics to eat meat on Friday, March 17 even though it'…

No More Monthly Mass At Worcester Jesuit School That Had Catholic Identity Yanked

A Jesuit middle school in Worcester that lost its ability to call itself Catholic because it flies a rainbow flag and a…

Roman Catholic Dioceses in Massachusetts To Allow Signature Gathering for Anti-Abortion-Funding Petition

All four Roman Catholic dioceses in Massachusetts plan to allow signature gathering at churches by supporters of a measure that would amend…

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: Church’s Sexual Immoralities Rooted in ’60s Sexual Revolution, Moral Decay

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the first pontiff to retire from the papacy in nearly 600 years, has written a 6000-word letter…

Is the Pope Catholic?

Shortly after signing on as Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running-mate, Senator Tim Kaine cheerily described his mission as reaching…

Philadelphia Archdiocese To Hold Vigil To Make ‘Reparations’ For Clergy Sex Abuse

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia invites all Catholics to hold vigil for seven hours Friday night in an act of contrition,…

West Virginia Bishop Resigns, To Be Investigated By Vatican

Bishop Michael Bransfield, the bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, resigned Thursday and will be investigated by the Archbishop of Baltimore on suspicions of…

Philadelphia Archbishop: Catholic Clergy Can’t Bless Same-Sex Unions

"[T]here is no truth, no real mercy, and no authentic compassion, in blessing a course of action that leads persons…

Jesuit Author Proposes New Catholic Sexual Morality

Father James Martin, former editor of the Jesuit magazine America, has written a book calling for a change in how the Catechism…

Holy Cross Professors Worry Crusader Mascot An Example of ‘Othering’

But a chaplain at the college said that's the point of a mascot:  to "other" the opponent.…

And If St. Patrick Doesn’t Agree With It, He Has To Go, Too

On Friday, the organizers of the St. Patrick's Day Parade here in Boston announced that an advocacy group for LGBTQ…

Cardinal O’Malley Joins Vatican Office That Reviews Sex Abuse Cases

Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley's recent appointment to a Vatican council tasked with prosecuting sex abuse cases may impact…

Seaport chapel reborn as face of South Boston evolves

BOSTON – Decades ago, the little maritime chapel in South Boston's Seaport District provided a haven for weary sailors and fishermen…

Elder care provider looks to clients’ spiritual needs

BOSTON – Mary Roque and Dr. Jane Driver have a lot in common. The two friends both work in senior care, Roque as…

Catholic Church grapples with diversity in pews

BOSTON – As with many U.S. religious institutions, the traditional European-American Catholic demographic is graying in New England. An emerging face…

Biden, Boehner receive high Catholic honor

Vice President Joseph Biden stood at the University of Notre Dame's commencement ceremony on Sunday (May 15) with a medal…

Gordon College’s fundamental right to be different

Gordon College is once again under fire for being a self-consciously Christian college. Cultural elites in Massachusetts insist that Gordon should…

Victims of Islamic State horrors appeal for intervention

NEW YORK – The Rev. Douglas Al-Bazi, a Chaldean Catholic Church parish priest from Erbil, Iraq, took the podium at the United…

Media ignore the big issues, focus on the trivial

This week, at a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Timothy Dolan at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City for Catholic…

Little Sisters sees ray of hope in Obamacare court battle

WASHINGTON – A statement from government lawyers that health plans could be modified to provide contraceptive care for women under special circumstances may…

Pope Francis: Children are always gifts, even in tough circumstances

Vatican City (CNA/EWTN News) — Pope Francis' latest writings on the family include a strong affirmation of the need to welcome…

Vandals strike Catholic churches in Boston suburbs

BOSTON – A spate of vandalism directed at Catholic religious icons around Easter weekend has provoked ire mixed with forgiveness from parishioners at…

Pope insists conscience, not rules, must lead faithful

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis insisted that individual conscience be the guiding principle for Catholics negotiating the complexities of sex, marriage and…

Pro-life movement veterans recall the early days in Boston

BOSTON – In her legendary 1994 National Prayer Breakfast speech, Mother Teresa exclaimed: "I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today…

Remembering selfless baseball great Roberto Clemente

Baseball's season opener is a time of hope and nostalgia. We look forward to warmer weather and the prospect of…

In John Kasich’s call for community, an echo of Catholic social teachings

(RNS) — Republican Party leaders want John Kasich to exit the GOP primary race. The governor of Ohio is drawing too many votes…

Mother Angelica, foundress of EWTN, dies on Easter

Irondale, Ala. (CNA/EWTN News) — The Catholic Church in the United States has lost the Poor Clare nun who changed the face…

Gunmen kill Congolese priest who reported on atrocities

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (CNA/EWTN News) — A Congolese Catholic priest who documented human rights abuses in his home country was…

Justices divided over Little Sisters case on contraception

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a new challenge to President Barack Obama's health care law, the Supreme Court appeared deeply and evenly…

Supreme Court to hear Little Sisters of the Poor

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After months of waiting, the international Catholic charity organization Little Sisters of the Poor will have their day in…

Date set for Mother Teresa to be made a saint

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Mother Teresa will be made a saint on Sept. 4. Pope Francis set the canonization date Tuesday, paving the…

The savagely anti-Catholic sitcom

When Disney and ABC decided to make a sitcom based on the teenage years of hatemongering columnist Dan Savage, anyone could guess…

Catholic school backers on mission to serve Boston students

BOSTON – Thauana Moura moved to Massachusetts from Brazil in 2000 when she was 11 years old. Although she started off in the…

Should voters care about candidates’ religious views?