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The following local stories and opinion articles were published on our web site in 2024:

Apr. 26 2024

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Eucharistic Congress brings Jesus to the streets of the North End

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Archdiocesan healthcare, policy experts express concerns on assisted suicide push

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Forming the Future: St. Joseph School, Needham, programs help middle schoolers build social, academic skills

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Over $1M raised for Mary Ann Brett Food Pantry

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Ordination Class of 2024: Deacon Hung Tran

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Gordon College hosts regional faith leaders at workshop

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father John W. McElroy, veteran Navy Chaplain, former pastor in Avon

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: The kingdom of Christ

Opinion
Michael Reardon: The example of the Good Shepherd

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: Pilgrims of hope -- Holy Year of 2025

Opinion
Shannon Lyons: Spring Celebration Gala will honor Cardinal O'Malley

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Honor Mothers at Home and In the Missions

Opinion
Scott Hahn: On the vine

Apr. 24 2024

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: What is the church's position on the treatment of animals?

Opinion
Deacon Greg Kandra: Scripture Reflection for April 28, 2024, Fifth Sunday of Easter

Apr. 19 2024

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St. Rock Haiti gala honors Father Peter Casey, highlights country's plight

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Cheverus profiles: Mary Ryan, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre

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Ordination Class of 2024: Deacon Christopher Letizia

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More than a dream -- Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School

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From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Gala raises $5.6M to support CSF Building Minds Scholarship Fund

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: No line-drawing

Opinion
Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley: Physician-assisted suicide is a slippery slope

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: Popular devotions and the liturgy

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Boston and the nation respond to the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: The Fight for Our Faith

Opinion
Scott Hahn: The shepherd's voice

Opinion
Laura Kelly Fanucci: See you in the story

Apr. 17 2024

Opinion
Dr. R. Jared Staudt: The new Temple: How Easter changes religion

Opinion
Russell Shaw: 'Dignitas' and the media

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Is there still responsibility for past sins after confession?

Opinion
Lucia A. Silecchia: The wonder of Ordinary Time

Opinion
Jem Sullivan: Scripture Reflection for April 21, 2024, Fourth Sunday of Easter

Apr. 12 2024

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Cardinal confirms students from local campus ministries

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Forming the Future: Technology educator Barbara Mikolajczak inspires students at St. John School, North End

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Local parishioners make consecration to Jesus through Mary in Foxborough

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Ordination Class of 2024: Deacon Matthew Harrington

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From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Eclipse showed glory of creation, say Boston priests who witnessed it

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Wounds, not scars

Opinion
Father Robert M. O'Grady: A special collection in the liturgy library

Opinion
Michele Miers: Witness to a Transfiguration in Kenya

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Understanding the Scriptures

Opinion
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio: 'Cabrini' does extraordinary job of bringing saint to life

Opinion
Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle: St. Teresa of Kolkata's motherly wisdom

Opinion
Father Patrick Briscoe: No, Richard Dawkins, cultural Christianity is not enough

Apr. 10 2024

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Why does a paschal candle holder have bee artwork?

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: He saw the cloths and believed

Opinion
Deacon Greg Kandra: Scripture Reflection for April 14, 2024, Third Sunday of Easter

Apr. 5 2024

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Hundreds join cardinal for Triduum liturgies at cathedral

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Cheverus profiles: Daniel Hickey of St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Winthrop

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Ordination Class of 2024: Deacon Giovanni Argote

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From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Carl E. Olson: 'He has been raised': Debunking theories that dismiss Christ's resurrection

Opinion
Father Robert M. O'Grady: Always present for us

Opinion
Michele Miers: Hope in the Darkness

Opinion
Thomas Lester: St. Helena's House is established in the South End

Apr. 3 2024

Opinion
Dr. R. Jared Staudt: See and believe: The shroud bears witness to the lifting up of Jesus

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Is this synodality?

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Should Jesus be depicted on crucifixes as alive or dead?

Opinion
Lucia A. Silecchia: Walking together in Ordinary Time

Opinion
Jem Sullivan: Scripture Reflection for April 7, Second Sunday of Easter

Mar. 29 2024

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Priestly fraternity celebrated at annual Chrism Mass

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Archdiocesan high schools bring home state titles

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Watertown parishioners bring 'Resurrection' to life for 27th year

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Forming the Future: Senior class members minister to their peers at Cardinal Spellman High

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Andover pastor takes Lenten path of prayer at Merrimack labyrinth

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Ordination Class of 2024: Deacon David Pineda

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CSF receives match for new donations made to Building Minds Scholarship Fund

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Into the heart of the Commonwealth

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Poking the hornet's nest of IVF

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: Mass every day

Opinion
Michael R. Heinlein: A eucharistic word: Mission

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: A Journey of Transformation

Opinion
Scott Hahn: New morning

Opinion
Laura Kelly Fanucci: In praise of singing

Mar. 27 2024

Opinion
Deacon Greg Kandra: Scripture Reflection for March 31, 2024, Easter Sunday

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Why isn't a pro-life petition part of the Prayer of the Faithful for every Mass?

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Divine Mercy and Hell

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: Let's celebrate Easter for a while

Mar. 22 2024

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Cardinal celebrates St. Patrick's Day Mass at cathedral

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Charitable Irish Society marks 287 years with St. Patrick's Day gala

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Dedham parish marks solemnity with traditional St. Joseph's Table

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Ordination Class of 2024: Deacon John Tanyi

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Cheverus profiles: Jean Gately of Christ the King Parish in Brockton

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Mike Scannell: What you don't know about the Clergy Trust

Opinion
Michael Reardon: The challenge Good Friday presents

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: 'Christ raised from the dead dies no more'

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Cardinal Cushing's 1961 Good Friday Sermon

Opinion
Cardinal Christophe Pierre: A Letter from Cardinal Christophe Pierre -- Apostolic Nuncio to the United States

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Darkness at noon

Mar. 20 2024

Opinion
Dr. R. Jared Staudt: A Biblical path for Lent: Brant Pitre's 'Introduction to the Spiritual Life'

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Holy Week and Easter

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Does the Polish National Catholic Church have a valid celebration of the Eucharist?

Opinion
Lucia A. Silecchia: Growing up in Ordinary Time

Opinion
Jem Sullivan: Scripture Reflection for March 24, Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion

Mar. 15 2024

Local
Lowell Irish Cultural Week kicks off with Mass, parade

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109-year-old Sister Evelyn Hurley reflects on her South Boston upbringing, ministry

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Cathedral hosts New England Pueri Cantores Youth Choir Festival

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Forming the Future: 'It's a sense of home' says longtime teacher at St. Columbkille Partnership School, Brighton

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Father Pio Gottin's ministry to Cape Verdean community remembered at Mass

Local
Ordination Class of 2024: Deacon Gabriel Hanley

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Confronting the cross

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: The very heart of the church's year

Opinion
Shannon Lyons: Celebrating the resilience and courage of the women Catholic Charities serves

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Join Our Lifeline of Hope

Opinion
Scott Hahn: The 'hour' comes

Mar. 13 2024

Opinion
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio: Politicization of migration policy is causing a migrant standstill

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: For those who avoid meat anyway, is there another Lenten Friday penance?

Opinion
Deacon Greg Kandra: Reflection for March 17, 2024, Fifth Sunday of Lent

Mar. 8 2024

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Lawrence Catholic Academy breaks ground on new $30M campus

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Cardinal hosts screening of new film 'Cabrini'

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Holy Land Franciscans speak at East Boston parish on plight of Christians

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Cheverus profiles: Betty Lydon -- St. Mary Parish in Waltham

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Ordination Class of 2024: Deacon Barry Mongeon

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CFS's Celebration of Excellence shines light on senior scholars' achievements

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Bishop Robert Reed: Listen, for heaven's sake!

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: God's instrument for viewing the crucifixion

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: Sunday without a priest

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Cardinal O'Connell's 1924 pilgrimage to the Holy Land

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: A Lesson from the Missions

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Living in the light

Opinion
John and Julie Corcoran: Moving forward in our faith -- together

Mar. 6 2024

Opinion
Lucia A. Silecchia: A March through Ordinary Time

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: A long-awaited spotlight on the IVF and ART industries

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Are you relieved of the duty to attend Mass on Sunday at a certain age?

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Two new abortion cases

Opinion
Jem Sullivan: Scripture Reflection for March 10, Fourth Sunday of Lent

Mar. 1 2024

Local
2024 Catholic Appeal launches this weekend

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Forming the Future: 'It's a calling,' says long-time teacher at St. Michael School, Lowell

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Ordination Class of 2024: Deacon David Joanis

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From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Marr Scholarship presents to 52 Catholic school students

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Spring does come

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: Praying always

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Help Amid Devastation

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Spiritual sacrifice

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: The ethics of neuroimplants and brain-computer interfaces

Feb. 28 2024

Opinion
Deacon Greg Kandra: Reflection for March 3, 2024, Third Sunday of Lent

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Did Pope Benedict XVI validly resign?

Opinion
Dr. R. Jared Staudt: Sustaining the fast: Simple meals for the Lenten desert

Feb. 23 2024

Local
360 prepare to enter church with Rite of Election

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Plainville parish puts new twist on Lenten Stations of the Cross for youth

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Cheverus profiles: Mary Svoboda of St. Mary of the Annunciation in Danvers

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The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur expand into the Merrimack Valley

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Michael Reardon: The challenge to live the Gospel

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: The church's honor roll

Opinion
Shannon Lyons: Celebrate this Lent by giving back to those most in need

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Cummins Highway is named for Roslindale's first pastor

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Feel the Beat!

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Bonds loosed

Feb. 21 2024

Opinion
Lucia A. Silecchia: Answers in Ordinary Time

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Is the devil a being?

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Eucharistic Revival

Opinion
Jem Sullivan: Scripture reflection for Feb. 25, Second Sunday of Lent

Feb. 16 2024

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'I believe in a second chance for people' says prison chaplain Sister Maureen Clark

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Scituate teen serves as parish council's youngest member

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Forming the Future: Austin Prep program helps students live Augustinian values of 'veritas, unitas, and caritas'

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BC School of Theology and Ministry to be named for Gloria and Chuck Clough through $25M gift

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From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Westwood collaborative hosts 24 hours of ashes, confession, and adoration on Ash Wednesday

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Couples bring marriages fully into church with convalidation

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Let God choose your Lent

Opinion
Dr. Greg Popcak: This Lent, say sorry -- and mean it

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: 'Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord'

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Witnessing a Miracle Worker in the Missions

Opinion
Scott Hahn: The new creation

Feb. 14 2024

Opinion
Deacon Greg Kandra: Scripture reflection for Feb. 18, First Sunday of Lent

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Does watching a televised Mass provide spiritual nourishment?

Opinion
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio: St. Josephine Bakhita was a victim of modern-day slavery

Opinion
Dr. R. Jared Staudt: A joyful sacrifice: How men can prepare for marriage

Opinion
Bishop Robert Reed: Strong as death: Ashes and the hearts we bring to God

Feb. 9 2024

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Bishop Cristiano Barbosa ordained to the episcopate

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Olivewood carvings help support Christians in the Holy Land

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Townsend parish martial arts club gives new meaning to spiritual combat

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Boston Catholic Directory 2024 undergoing final editing

Local
Ecumenical service marks Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Obituary
Obituary: Father Albert J. Sallese, former pastor in East Boston, Hingham, and Randolph

Opinion
Sister Hosea Rupprecht, FSP: Lent with 'The Chosen'

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: Quinquagesima

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: 'Father, could you bless this medal?'

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Father Charles Dominic Ffrench serves the young Diocese of Boston

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Different Yet the Same -- Part Two

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Made clean

Feb. 7 2024

Opinion
Lucia A. Silecchia: True love in Ordinary Time

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Can Catholics married outside the church take Communion?

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Ash Wednesday and Lent

Opinion
Jem Sullivan: Reflections on readings for Feb. 11, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Feb. 2 2024

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Home of Korean Catholic Community elevated to full parish, receives new pastor

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Campaign for Catholic Schools announces new board leadership

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Search for new superintendent of Catholic Schools ongoing

Local
Forming the Future: 'Best of both worlds': The co-divisional model at Malden Catholic

Local
Father Hehir addresses ethics of war at Wellesley parish

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: What we have to offer

Opinion
Father Robert M. O'Grady: Blessings are in the news

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Different Yet the Same

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Raised to serve

Opinion
Simcha Fisher: Ash Wednesday is way more important than Valentine's Day, silly

Opinion
Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens: An outpouring of grace: An invitation from Bishop Cozzens

Jan. 31 2024

Opinion
Deacon Greg Kandra: Reflection for Feb. 4, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Pro-life Christians: Now is the time to shout from the rooftops

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Why do Orthodox churches have a valid celebration of the Eucharist?

Opinion
Dr. R. Jared Staudt: St. Augustine, Florida: The Catholic Plymouth Rock

Jan. 26 2024

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Boston pro-life pilgrims join March for Life

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Bishop-elect Barbosa to be ordained Feb. 3

Local
Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Msgr. Paul T. Ryan, former pastor of St. Gregory, Dorchester

Opinion
Michael Reardon: 'Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit'

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: Blessings by the books

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The 1854 visit of Archbishop Gaetano Bedini

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: The Growth of the Young Faith in Malawi

Opinion
Scott Hahn: The king's authority

Opinion
Father Patrick Briscoe: Five reasons why I'm still marching for life

Jan. 24 2024

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Making a Covid Retreat

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Why can't the church use disposable plastic cups at Mass?

Opinion
Jem Sullivan: Reflections on readings for Jan. 28, Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jan. 19 2024

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Archdiocese to lower confirmation age to eighth grade

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Annual prayer breakfast honors legacy of Martin Luther King

Local
Winthrop parish hosts Blessed Carlo Acutis relics, exhibit

Local
Catholic lawyers, physicians sponsor talk to consider 'Post-Dobbs Landscape'

Local
Notre Dame Academy from Roxbury to Hingham

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: 'Babette's Feast'

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: Holy places for holy people

Opinion
Michael R. Heinlein: A Eucharistic word: Tabernacle

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Listening to the Children of the Missions

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Following him

Opinion
Father Patrick Briscoe: Shia LaBeouf's conversion: Let's rejoice over the movement of grace

Jan. 17 2024

Opinion
Dr. R. Jared Staudt: Strangers and sojourners: Reflecting on another move and the search for reality

Opinion
Deacon Greg Kandra: Reflection for Jan. 21, 2024: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Why so much incense at Mass?

Opinion
Lucia A. Silecchia: Defending life in Ordinary Times

Jan. 12 2024

Local
Boston students join 20,000 at FOCUS's SEEK24 Conference

Local
Labor Guild presents annual Cushing-Gavin Awards

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: Seeking an indulgence as an act of faith

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: What's a bishop to do?

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The 1854 case of Fields v. Tighe

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Providing Education for the Future of Malawi

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Hearing the call

Jan. 10 2024

Opinion
Jem Sullivan: Reflections for Jan. 14, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: Why does the Christmas season end with Jesus' baptism?

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: It's not your life, it's not your death, it's not your choice

Opinion
Russell Shaw: What it means to bless someone or something

Jan. 5 2024

Local
95-year-old Norwood parishioner marks 63 years as choir member

Local
Allston parish discussion group breaks the rules of polite conversation

Local
Forming the Future: Family matters at East Boston Central Catholic School

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: The greatest New Year's challenge: Letting go

Opinion
Sister Hosea Rupprecht, FSP: How to be more thoughtful about your screen time

Opinion
Margaret Rose Realy: The ongoing prayer of a rosary garden

Opinion
Father Robert M. O’Grady: Servants, preachers, teachers, men of the sacraments

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Trust in God and Row for Shore

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Newborn king

Jan. 3 2024

Opinion
Dr. R. Jared Staudt: The Catholic way: Lessons from an imperial family

Opinion
Deacon Greg Kandra: Sunday Scripture reflection for Jan. 7, Epiphany

Opinion
Jenna Marie Cooper: What is church teaching on Protestant Communion and the Real Presence?

Opinion
Lucia A. Silecchia: A New Year of Ordinary Time