QUINCY -- Jim Wahlberg, filmmaker and brother of Mark and Donnie, once considered robbing Mother Teresa. Wahlberg was incarcerated at MCI Concord in 1988 after robbing the home of a Boston police officer, his second prison sentence. He said he didn't want to leave after his first sentence because he had no plan for life as a free man.
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Three Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Boston capped off their winter sports seasons this year with state championships in basketball and hockey. Catholic Memorial's hockey team clinched the Division 1 state title with a 4-3 victory over St. John, Shrewsbury, on March 16 at TD Banknorth Garden. Coach Larry Rooney's Knights finished the season with a 20-5-1 record.
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This is the first article in a series profiling the six men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17, 2025. BRIGHTON -- Deacon Brian R. Daley says being Catholic is much like being on a high school football team.
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BRAINTREE -- The Archdiocese of Boston kicked off its annual Catholic Appeal on the weekend of March 15 and 16, with all of the Archdiocese of Boston's parishes encouraging parishioners to donate in support of the archdiocese's ministries.
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EAST BOSTON -- "This is my second home," says Paul Racki as he climbs to the choir loft of St. Joseph-St. Lazarus Parish in East Boston. In a career as an organist spanning over half a century, Racki, 76, has been in many choir lofts.
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WALTHAM -- Like a ghostly voice from a bygone era, swing music echoed gently from the basement of St. Jude Parish in Waltham on the moonlit night of March 14. The music blared from two small speakers with a microphone in front of them, bouncing off white walls lined with crooked old portraits of saints, priests, and sisters. The parish hall had become a dance floor, with beaming young couples twirling their skirts, dipping their partners, and twisting themselves into pretzels. It was another meeting of the King David Dance Club.
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BOSTON -- The Catholic Schools Foundation will hold its 35th Annual Building Minds Scholarship Fund Gala on Thursday, April 3, at Boston Marriott Copley Place. The event is expected to draw nearly 1,000 members of the Greater Boston business community to support providing low-income students with access to a Catholic education.
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Several pro-life organizations are praising President Donald Trump's administration for plans to freeze tens of millions of dollars in federal taxpayer money that was intended in part for the country's largest abortion supplier, Planned Parenthood.
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Mel Gibson's sequel to "The Passion of the Christ" -- "The Resurrection of the Christ" -- is set to begin production in Italy this August, according to Manuela Cacciamani, CEO of Rome's CinecittÀ Studios.
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The Archdiocese of Chicago this week filed a lawsuit alleging a "racketeering enterprise" among a group of individuals who reportedly filed false abuse claims against a former priest to receive compensation from the Church there.
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