BOSTON – Thousands are flocking to the Bay State this week to venerate a relic of one the world's most beloved saints, Padre Pio. Encased in a glass box and accompanied by a security detail of Capuchin monks, is the heart of the Italian priest who experienced "Stigmata," or the wounds of Christ, for the last 50 years of his life.
For the first time since his canonization in 2002, the heart of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, known as "Padre Pio" has left Italy and journeyed to the United States, the Boston Globe reports.
BOSTON — A Holden resident, stonewalled last month by Attorney General Maura Healey's office when she rejected his public records request for documents and records that may shed light on how Healey arrived at her "copycat" assault weapons ban decision, recently scored a victory in his appeal efforts.
According to a Sept. 16 letter from Shawn A. Williams, Secretary of State William Galvin's supervisor of records, David Reinhart's appeal resulted in Galvin's office contacting Healey's office — and Healey staffers agreeing to "review Mr. Reinhart's request and provide a revised response."
