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When Boston Archdiocese priest Monsignor Paul Garrity endorsed Joe Biden for president on his Facebook page, he reopened the perennial question about religion and politics: Should churches or clerics endorse or otherwise support political candidates? First, to be clear, church institutions and their ministers have the same right to engage
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The Catholic priest who endorsed Joe Biden and said he believes in "a woman's right to choose" now says he opposes legal abortion. Monsignor Paul Garrity, the pastor of two churches in Lexington, posted a statement on his Facebook page late Thursday night saying he is
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A Roman Catholic pastor in Lexington, Massachusetts has endorsed Joe Biden's campaign for president and appeared to endorse keeping abortion legal. Monsignor Paul Garrity, pastor of two parishes combined in a collaborative known as Lexington Catholic Community, published the comments online earlier this week.
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More than 80 Massachusetts pastors have announced opposition to an assisted suicide bill on Beacon Hill, hoping to stop it from passing before the current formal portion of the current legislative session is scheduled to run out at the end of the week. The pastors, nearly three quarters of whom
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The Catholic Church appears in retreat, losing faithful members and closing parishes. Even among those who call themselves Catholic, there is apathy and/or misunderstanding.
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The sudden rise and recent wave of anti-Catholic violence has come as something of a shock. What exactly do protests about George Floyd and accusations of police brutality have to do with Catholic churches, Saint Junipero Serra, Christopher Columbus, the Good Shepherd, and the Blessed Virgin Mary? On the face
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City authorities in Worcester have dropped fines and an attempt to get criminal charges against the pastor who defied Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's executive order that severely limited church services during an earlier portion of the coronavirus emergency. Pastor Kris Casey has also withdrawn his federal civil rights
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[UPDATE, Saturday, June 20, 2020: See the full text of the email message that got Father Daniel Moloney fired and a fact-checking analysis of it.] The Catholic chaplain has been forced out at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology because of an email message he sent Catholic students that questioned whether
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