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Massachusetts

Art program gives Boston’s homeless a place to create

BOSTON (AP) — In an elegant church in one of Boston's most chic shopping districts, homeless people from across the city gather once a week to express themselves in ways not possible when living on the streets. As winter approaches, attendance at Common Art increases, and as many as

crime

US seeks death for accused shooter in Charleston massacre

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department intends to seek the death penalty against Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black parishioners last year in a church in Charleston, South Carolina, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Tuesday. "The nature of the alleged crime and the resulting harm compelled this

Faith

Study: Congregational diversity leads to church attendance decline

The more mixed the Sunday morning pews are, the fewer people are likely to be in them. That's the primary finding of a new study from Baylor University published in the current Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

Massachusetts

South Shore parishioners to leave closed church after 11-year protest

BOSTON (AP) — For more than 11 years, die-hard parishioners of St. Frances X. Cabrini church maintained a constant vigil there in hopes of reversing a decision by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to close it as part of a broad restructuring plan. Those hopes ended on Monday, though, when

New Jersey

Mom, 7 adult children win $429.6 million Powerball jackpot

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (AP) — A woman and her seven adult children stepped forward Friday to claim a $429.6 million Powerball jackpot and said they have plans to tithe to their church, go on a family vacation and help their community. But mostly they're just still letting it

Massachusetts

Brothers under a Mystic roof

"So why do you think people find the choice you've made to be such a novelty, even a kind of scandal?" "I think, it's because this is a hidden life," Brother John Braught says, "Many people don't even know

Catholic

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 way for the nun who cared for the poorest of the poor to become the centerpiece of his yearlong focus on the Catholic Church's merciful side.

Republicans

What’s a party for?

What is a political party? By the intensity of internecine conflict among Republicans, you might conclude that it's a church. Sen. Ted Cruz is among the leading voices of a faction that wants to treat the Republican Party as a confession — singing to the choir, denouncing heretics and