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Irish ancestral records available online for free

BOSTON (AP) – Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, genealogical research website Ancestry.com is making 10 million Catholic parish records from Ireland – some dating to 1655 – available online for free to help people trace their Irish heritage. The goldmine of information, available without cost for a week

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Pope celebrates indigenous in Chiapas as Catholics dwindle

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (AP) — Pope Francis is celebrating Mexico's Indians on Monday with a visit to heavily indigenous Chiapas state, where he will preside over a Mass in three native languages thanks to a new Vatican decree approving their use in liturgy. But the visit,

crime

Pope in Mexico condemns drug trade’s ‘dealers of death’

ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Pope Francis condemned the drug trade's "dealers of death" and urged Mexicans to shun the devil's lust for money as he led a huge open-air Mass for more than 300,000 people Sunday in this violence-riddled city. "Let us get

Rhode Island

Young, white Americans are addicted to this (and what Catholics should do about it)

Providence, R.I. (National Catholic Register) — When recent headlines marked a spike in drug overdoses for white, middle-class Americans, the news saddened but did not surprise Deacon Timothy Flanigan, an HIV specialist at Brown University medical school in Providence, R.I. Beyond the classroom, Flanigan has directed the HIV care

Abortion

Pro-life movement draws from humanitarian, liberal views

Few Americans may realize that the fight to protect unborn children began long before Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. While the contemporary pro-life movement is often characterized as driven by the religiously devout and political conservatives, the origins and development of the

Faith

Catholics and Lutherans to worship together at Reformation anniversary

PARIS (RNS) — Catholics and Lutherans have made another step toward joint commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 by issuing common liturgical guidelines for ecumenical services to mark the occasion. The guidelines, in a booklet called "Common Prayer," provide a template for an ecumenical service,

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Massachusetts communities of faith become more diverse

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In Yom Kippur, a time to fast and reflect

Starting at sundown on Tuesday, much of Boston's Jewish population will begin to celebrate the holiest day of the year and the conclusion of the High Holidays – Yom Kippur. Following 10 days after the joyous celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, Yom Kippur is a more