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The salutatorian walked to the podium, she being the first of a handful of speakers at the college graduation. I have heard these student speeches before, often filled with prideful recognition – "look what we accomplished" – or ideology stemmed from relevant trends, and not from a well-formed conscience. But,
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Massachusetts Republicans lost control of the state House of Representatives in 1948 because they managed to get themselves seen as taking an anti-Catholic position on birth control. Now, many Republicans in the state are demanding that a Catholic chairman of the party disavow Catholic teaching about marriage and children or
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Editor's Note: Jim Lyons, the chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, sent out a written statement through the party late Friday, June 4, 2021 addressing calls for a member of the Massachusetts State Republican Committee to resign over email messages she sent expressing disapproval of the adoption of
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A supporter of abortion in the United States and around the world is the scheduled commencement speaker at the College of the Holy Cross. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the current U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, plans to give the main address via video hookup during the graduation ceremony Friday morning
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A nondenominational Protestant church in New Bedford is asking a federal judge to throw out the governor's coronavirus limitations on capacity and prohibition of gatherings after church services, saying the rules for churches in Massachusetts are more restrictive than what the state requires of businesses and other activities.
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A member of the Worcester School Committee who voted for a comprehensive sex education program on Thursday quoted from Pope Francis and cited the experience of Catholic Ireland as support for her position. Tracy O'Connell Novick, who was one of five members of the committee to vote for
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is pro-life? Actually, there's one way it sort of is.
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Gordon College can't claim a ministerial exception to shield the school from an anti-discrimination lawsuit brought by a former professor of social work, the state's highest court has ruled. The case may end up at the U.S. Supreme Court, since it touches on unresolved matters
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