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Although Saint Jerome School in Weymouth is scheduled to close for good at the end of this school year, some still hope that the Archdiocese of Boston reverses that decision — including the school's former principal. Kathy Puleo, who worked at the elementary school for 41 years and served
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The United States is infected with racism at its core, Cardinal Sean O'Malley says in a letter to be read to Catholic parishioners in the Archdiocese of Boston this weekend. "George Floyd's death makes clear that racist premises and attitudes, often implicit, are woven through
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Amid the grim coronavirus news of death and unemployment, at least there is the comic relief of the left embracing the Tenth Amendment. Suddenly trendy is the provision of the Bill of Rights that "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it
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As most churches in Massachusetts have started holding public services again, Somerville's mayor has told church leaders there to continue limiting gatherings to 10 people. Mayor Joseph Curtatone is justifying the delay on grounds of safety during the coronavirus emergency. He points out that Somerville is more densely
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President Donald Trump today declared churches essential and called on state governors who haven't lifted executive orders banning public religious services to do so. At the White House on Friday, May 22, the president said the following:
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When most churches in Massachusetts were all but closed to the public because of the governor's order, New England Baptist Church in Medford never did. Pastor Joseph Hawkins and New England Baptist Church in Medford did not stop in-person church services. Instead, the pastor added a service and
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Just about every Christian church in Massachusetts was shut down for two months as a result of the coronavirus emergency, and it is having a negative impact on them financially. For many churches in Massachusetts, the last Sunday service they held was on March 15. That means they missed out
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Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Boston can resume public Masses starting Saturday, May 23, a spokesman for the archbishop said Monday. Some churches might need as long as Sunday, May 31 to prepare changes to conform the governor's new rules, however, the archdiocese said in a written
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