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BOSTON – In Thursday night's State of the Commonwealth Address, Gov. Charlie Baker called for bold actions to break the back of the beast of addiction. Baker looks to disrupt a status-quo adherence to treatment plans that haven't proven successful in combating opioid and heroin use. He
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Ezra Schwartz's body was buried in the United States. But the way his family sees it, his soul remains in Israel. "The goal was to come and see the places that Ezra was, where he hung out, what he enjoyed, how he spent his time with his
migrants
ZWICKAU, Germany (AP) — After months of flight and fear, the Habashieh family of Syria is starting to build a new home in Europe's heart and faces 2016 with an unfamiliar feeling enriching their lives. It's called hope. Like so many who crossed continents this year in
Thanksgiving
When Americans gather together around a table groaning with favorite dishes on the fourth Thursday of November, what are we doing beyond filling our bellies with turkey and pie? We convened four experts in the psychology of family traditions and shared meals for a roundtable discussion about what ritual means
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There's something compelling and unshakeable in the simplicity of this elegant love story. Like most great stories, this one begins unexpectedly, there's a sense of wonder and a time of coming together. There's a realization; this is meant to be. Everyone around feels the
war
It was eerily quiet in the old Ben Gurion Airport building in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, considering the bustle of vacationers flying out to Eilat. In fact, of the 500 people gathered, many of them were students spending the year after high school in Israel's yeshivas, seminaries,
Faith
Vatican City (CNA/EWTN News) — With a two-thirds majority vote, the more than 200 bishops gathered for the Vatican's synod on the family supported Church teaching on hot-button issues such as homosexuality and communion for divorced and remarried persons. The Vatican's synod on the family was
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VATICAN CITY (CNA/EWTN News) — Family rescues us from indifference and loneliness and teaches us the essentials of life, Pope Francis said – adding that as the family of God, the Church has the same role and must evaluate how to live this out. "Like Saint Peter, the Church is
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