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The following local stories and opinion articles were published on our web site in 2025:

Feb. 28 2025

Local
Local faithful offer prayers for pope's health

Local
'I see us as a family,' says incoming BC president Father John Butler

Local
Vatican III priest jazz quartet rocks North End in Jubilee Year performance

Local
Black Catholic community observes Black History Month

Local
Lenten Regulations

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Fathers

Opinion
Kelley Tuthill: Support our neighbors in times of uncertainty this Lent

Opinion
Michael Reardon: Seeking the truth

Opinion
Father Robert M. O'Grady: The Prayer of Mary and the saints who met her

Opinion
Archbishop Richard G. Henning: The way

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: The Saints of Black History Month

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Heart and mouth

Feb. 26 2025

Opinion
Deacon Greg Kandra: Scripture Reflection for March 2, 2025, Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Why can't the church offer a completely gluten-free host?

Opinion
Dr. R. Jared Staudt: Why we need Lent: Advice from St. Benedict

Feb. 23 2025

Local
Archbishop Henning joins U.S. Bishops call for prayers as Pope Francis' condition worsens

Feb. 21 2025

Local
Faith and community thrive amid renovations at Pru's St. Francis Chapel

Local
Malta Camp serves young adults with disabilities

Local
Catholic Leadership Institute honors Father Paul Soper

Local
Cheverus profiles: Bernard Ba of St. Rita Parish, Lowell

Obituary
Obituary: Father Mark L. Noonan, long-time seminary professor

Obituary
Obituary: Archbishop Edgerton R. Clarke, Boston seminary alumnus

Opinion
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski: Bringing clarity, context to the U.S. bishops' stance in immigration debate

Opinion
Father Robert M. O'Grady: The Church in Prayer

Opinion
Archbishop Richard G. Henning: Chair of Peter

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Celebrating Black History Month

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Davids and Sauls

Opinion
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Family is where we learn to serve the least among us

Feb. 19 2025

Opinion
Dr. R. Jared Staudt: The priority and cost of fruitfulness

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Is a person divorced due to an abusive marriage unable to receive Communion?

Opinion
Lucia A. Silecchia: Envy in Ordinary Time

Opinion
Father Joshua J. Whitfield: Scripture Reflection for Feb. 3, 2025, Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Feb. 14 2025

Local
Archdiocese holds trainings to help parishes maximize impact of social media

Local
Forming the Future: Diversity celebrated at St. Joseph School, Medford

Local
15 couples convalidate marriages in cathedral ceremony

Obituary
Obituary: Sister Clare E. Fitzgerald, SSND, Cambridge native, renowned educator

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: The end of marriage

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: You don't get what you pay for

Opinion
Father Robert M. O'Grady: Parables of prayer

Opinion
Archbishop Richard G. Henning: The least of these

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Celebrating Black History Month

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Rich in poverty

Opinion
Deacon Timothy Donohue: The Archdiocese of Boston's Social Justice Ministry

Feb. 12 2025

Opinion
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio: Weighing the benefits, costs of immigration restriction or expansion

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Can you receive Communion twice in one day?

Opinion
Deacon Greg Kandra: Scripture Reflection for Feb. 16, 2025, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Feb. 7 2025

Local
Catholic Appeal enables mission, volunteers, priests told at launch event

Local
Gala supports new Chesterton Academy to open this fall

Local
Archbishop meets with leaders of archdiocese's religious communities

Local
St. Peter School, Cambridge, highlights service during Catholic Schools Week

Local
Boston Catholic Directory announces new annual publishing date

Local
Archbishop joins Chinese Catholic community for Mass, Lunar New Year celebrations

Obituary
Obituary: Father John F. Mulloy served in parishes and archdiocesan offices

Opinion
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades: Freedom of worship for migrants

Opinion
Father Robert M. O'Grady: Praying with saints and sinners

Opinion
Eileen McLaughlin: Communities of evangelization

Opinion
Archbishop Richard G. Henning: 'E pluribus unum'

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Making Faithful Witnesses

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Into the deep

Feb. 5 2025

Opinion
Lucia A. Silecchia: Isolation in Ordinary Times

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Is non-alcoholic church wine valid for consecration?

Opinion
Father Joshua J. Whitfield: Scripture Reflection for Feb. 9, 2025, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jan. 31 2025

Local
Boston pilgrims journey to D.C. for March for Life

Local
Archbishop gathers with seminarians before march

Local
Archbishop joins in Catholic Schools Week celebrations

Local
Webinar explores differing youth ministry needs of Gen Z, Gen Alpha

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: A winter wonderland

Opinion
Father Robert M. O'Grady: Praying with Jesus

Opinion
Archbishop Richard G. Henning: Healing

Opinion
Michael R. Heinlein: A eucharistic word: Holiness

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Heart of the Missions

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Presenting the present

Jan. 29 2025

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: What is a consecrated virgin?

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: The witness of a consecrated life

Opinion
Deacon Greg Kandra: Scripture Reflection for Feb. 2, 2025, Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

Jan. 24 2025

Local
Archdiocese hosts Week of Prayer for Christian Unity prayer service

Local
JPII Catholic Academy students inspired by healthcare innovator

Local
Archbishop authorizes special collection for LA wildfire relief

Local
Austin Prep's James Hickey to be honored by NCEA

Obituary
Obituary: Father John U. Paris, Boston's oldest and longest ordained priest, dies

Opinion
Michael Reardon: 'Do whatever he tells you'

Opinion
Father Robert M. O'Grady: Presentation of the Lord

Opinion
Archbishop Richard G. Henning: Life is beautiful

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Faith to Rebuild in Pakistan

Opinion
Laura Kelly Fanucci: The power of a 'nudge' to pray

Jan. 22 2025

Opinion
Dr. R. Jared Staudt: Why you should visit a monastery

Opinion
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio: Rethinking immigration: An alternative to mass deportation

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Is kneeling to receive Communion allowed?

Opinion
Lucia A. Silecchia: Perspectives on Ordinary Times

Opinion
Father Joshua J. Whitfield: Scripture Reflection for Jan. 26, 2025, Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jan. 17 2025

Local
Boston pilgrims prepare to attend March for Life in D.C.

Local
Collaborative prayer line has brought solace to thousands over last 25 years

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Holding onto hope

Opinion
Father Robert M. O'Grady: Praying with the Psalms

Opinion
Archbishop Richard G. Henning: Agnes

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: The Pontifical Mission Societies -- The Mainstay of Missionaries

Opinion
Scott Hahn: In the wedding

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Getting 'death with dignity' right

Jan. 15 2025

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: In Pacific Palisades, paradise lost

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Why do we baptize infants, and why was Jesus baptized?

Opinion
Deacon Greg Kandra: Scripture Reflection for Jan. 19, 2025, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jan. 10 2025

Local
Forming the Future: Brother Timothy Paul's 50 years of dedication to St. John's Prep

Local
Cheverus profiles: Alden and Kelly Thatcher of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: What is enlightenment? -- among angels and us

Opinion
Father Robert M. O'Grady: Praying during the Holy Year

Opinion
Eileen McLaughlin: Happy New Year!

Opinion
Archbishop Richard G. Henning: Catholic Schools Week

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Let There be Peace on Earth

Opinion
Scott Hahn: The anointing

Jan. 8 2025

Opinion
Dr. R. Jared Staudt: Ancient wisdom for the modern desert: Bishop Varden on the Desert Fathers

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Why is Mary's perpetual virginity so controversial for Protestants?

Opinion
Lucia A. Silecchia: Holidays of Ordinary Times

Opinion
Father Joshua J. Whitfield: Scripture Reflection for Jan. 12, 2025, Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

Jan. 3 2025

Local
Archbishop Henning opens Jubilee Year in archdiocese

Local
Archbishop marks first Christmas in Boston with Masses, service

Local
Forming the Future: The middle school mentorship program at St. Patrick School, Stoneham

Local
'They're only demons' -- Newark exorcist shares insights at Bridgwater talk

Local
Jubilee pilgrimage churches

Obituary
Obituary: Msgr. Cornelius M. McRae, seminary spiritual director, rector, and pastor

Obituary
Obituary: Father Eugene K. Kirke, long-serving missionary in Peru

Opinion
Michael Reardon: Joyful hope

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: The jubilee of jubilees

Opinion
Archbishop Richard G. Henning: Resolute

Opinion
Scott Hahn: A king to behold