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The following local stories and opinion articles were published on our web site in 2016:

Dec. 30 2016

Opinion
Raymond Flynn: A New Year's Revolution

Dec. 28 2016

Opinion
George Weigel: A 'merciless assault on human dignity'

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Scorsese's 'Silence' and the Seaside Martyrs

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Specific saints for specific requests?

Opinion
Editors at Our Sunday Visitor: A new year

Dec. 23 2016

Local
Cardinal O'Malley's 2016 Christmas message

Local
Cardinal dedicates new altar, renovations at St. Mary, Danvers

Local
Year of Mercy prompted gift of Newton church, says pastor

Local
Bishop Kennedy celebrates 50 years of priestly service

Local
Man donates $100K lottery ticket to St. Anthony Shrine

Local
Ursuline Academy builds student tech skills with 'Hour of Code'

Local
Malden Catholic brings Christmas to less fortunate

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: Christmas memories

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Christmas changes

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: Mass. AG declares truce in war on church bathrooms

Opinion
Clark Booth: Good bye to 2016

Opinion
Father Paul Soper: Let him in. Please.

Opinion
Father John Catoir: Mary, the Mother of God

Opinion
Erick Rommel: A resolution about resolutions

Dec. 22 2016

Opinion
Father Albert J. Sallese: 50 years of priesthood

Dec. 21 2016

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Catholic-Jewish wedding

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Incarnation -- God is with us

Opinion
Russell Shaw: The press and Trump

Opinion
George Weigel: Christmas and the divine proximity

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: From Silent Night to Silence

Dec. 16 2016

Local
Korean Catholic Community finds home after 40 years

Local
Mary brings us closer to Christ, says Women Affirming Life speaker

Local
B.C. hosts inaugural Helmick Memorial Lecture on peace

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Kathy Mears: How to keep Christ at the center of the season

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Making Christmas merrier for homeless families

Opinion
Thomas Birmingham: All children should have access to high quality education

Opinion
Thomas Lester: 'Meddling in high affairs'

Opinion
Adam Johnson: A pilgrimage to Rome: Understanding Youville's Catholic identity

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: 'It's Not Wrong, If It Feels Right!'

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Checking in with Phase II -- part 1

Opinion
Clark Booth: Pennant for sale

Dec. 15 2016

Local
Massachusetts churches claim victory in religious freedom lawsuit

Dec. 14 2016

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Why Christmas Should Bother Everybody

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: 'Orans' posture during Our Father

Opinion
John Garvey: Remembering holy ground

Opinion
George Weigel: The Persecution of Professor Esolen

Dec. 13 2016

Local
Mass. Bishops urge criminal justice reform

Dec. 9 2016

Local
Cheverus Awards presented for 'loving service' to the Church

Local
Archdiocesan high school 2016 football season round-up

Local
Bishop O'Connell to hold open Q and A forum

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: Lessons of a Catholic Rhodes Scholar

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Always new

Opinion
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski: An enduring economic revival

Opinion
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez: A way forward on immigration

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Cheverus Awards and collaboratives

Opinion
Father Eugene Hemrick: A new year of hope

Opinion
Erick Rommel: A new perspective

Opinion
Clark Booth: Hot-stoving begins in earnest

Dec. 7 2016

Opinion
George Weigel: Books for Christmas 2016

Opinion
Russell Shaw: St. Therese of Lisieux and the Christmas Blues

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Guidelines on gluten-free

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: 'Arrival' and the Unique Manner of God's Speech

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: The First American Priest Martyr

Dec. 2 2016

Local
New book documents Shriver's search for the 'Real Pope Francis'

Local
Cardinal joins Boston Greek Orthodox for patronal feast

Local
Forming the Future: Good Shepherd School, Charlestown

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father Richard F. Ahearn, missionary and musician

Opinion
His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios: Metropolitan reflects on Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in Rome

Opinion
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan: What the pro-life community wants from the Trump administration

Opinion
Archbishop William E. Lori: Advancing the freedom to serve

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The Monatsbote, the voice of the German Catholic community

Opinion
Ray Flynn: A year of unity

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Checking in with Phase I

Opinion
Father Eugene Hemrick: Promote peace this Advent

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: Respond to God's gifts with love

Opinion
Clark Booth: On a watch around the leagues

Nov. 30 2016

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Burial in national cemetery?

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Trump and the Pro-Life agenda

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: The End of the World

Opinion
George Weigel: A (liturgical) new year's resolution

Nov. 25 2016

Local
Celebrating Advent

Local
Healy Award Dinner honors two for 'selfless' service

Local
Pastoral workers train to help deal with effects of opioid crisis

Local
Faith and reason celebrated at first Gold Mass for scientists

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Advent again

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Boston's first cardinal

Opinion
John Garvey: The election and the faithful

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: One Christian's view of politics

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: The aftermath of Election Day 2016

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: Prayer precedes activism

Opinion
Erick Rommel: Hidden lessons in meaningless trivia

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Advent in collaboratives

Opinion
Clark Booth: Award competition

Nov. 23 2016

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Why We Should Address Jesus as Thou

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Voting for Hillary and hell

Opinion
George Weigel: On our need for the real Thomas More

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Truly Right and Just Thanksgiving

Nov. 18 2016

Local
Archdiocesan palliative care initiative seeks to serve as national, worldwide model

Local
Annual memorial Mass for deceased deacons and wives

Local
Cardinal to present 113 Cheverus Award Medals Dec. 4

Local
Forming the Future: Fontbonne welcomes Seton Academy seniors

Local
St. Mary of the Hills School honors veterans at Grandparents Day celebration

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Father Jose Medina: A present good

Opinion
Msgr. Peter V. Conley: A Thanksgiving memory

Opinion
Wendy Bulawa Agudelo: Embracing our communities through Catholic school inclusion

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Working to overcome the 'globalization of indifference'

Opinion
Father John Catoir: To my brother priests

Opinion
Bill Dodds: Holiday grief

Opinion
Susan Abbott: The Year of Mercy

Opinion
Clark Booth: Sports and Politics

Nov. 16 2016

Opinion
Father Eugene Hemrick: Lessons learned from presidential elections

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: God and masculine pronoun

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: A Pilgrim, a Bishop, and His iPhone

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Why Dark Nights of the Soul?

Opinion
George Weigel: Gloucester fisherman, American veteran, Polish benefactor

Nov. 11 2016

Local
Justice Convocation explores themes of justice and mercy

Local
Merrimack students honor veterans through service day

Local
Archdiocese 'disappointed' by approval of commercial marijuana

Local
Williams and Caveny to be honored at Healy Award Dinner

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father John Fallon, former VA chaplain

Opinion
Sister Marian Batho, CSJ: Collection for Retired Sisters -- say thank you for a lifetime of service!

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Catholic schools and vocations

Opinion
Liz Quirin: Move forward with Year of Mercy values post-election

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Seven election lessons for the Church

Opinion
Susan Abbott: The collaborative pastoral council in Lynn

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: 'Tattoos on the heart'

Opinion
Father Eugene Hemrick: A time to be thankful for 'mustard seed blessings'

Opinion
Clark Booth: A series diamond

Nov. 9 2016

Opinion
George Weigel: Catholicism embodied: 'The Pivotal Players'

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Real Presence

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: 'Doctor Strange,' Scientism, and the Gnostic Way Station

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Why pray for the dead?

Opinion
Russell Shaw: No matter the outcome...

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Closing the Jubilee Door of Mercy and Becoming Living Portals

Nov. 7 2016

Local
First 'Gold Mass' for scientists to be held at MIT Nov. 15

Nov. 4 2016

Local
Legislator warns against 'terrible message' of proposed pot law

Local
Forming the Future: Serving the 'least favored' at Central Catholic High

Local
Jurists praised for promoting common good at Red Mass

Local
Cardinal thanks altar servers for service at Mass

Local
Seven admitted to candidacy for permanent diaconate

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The recipe for preserving history

Opinion
Adam Johnson: Make your story your cause

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Phase V collaboratives announced

Opinion
Father William J. Byron, SJ: Love and loyalty through the years

Opinion
Father John Catoir: The beauty of human sexuality

Opinion
Clark Booth: Awaiting the decision in Cleveland

Nov. 3 2016

Local
Faith leaders rally against commercial marijuana

Local
Faith leaders sign statement urging NO vote on Question 4

Nov. 2 2016

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Our Resistance to Love

Opinion
George Weigel: Those Catholic WikiLeaks

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Morality in warfare

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: Rethinking Thanksgiving after the Year of Mercy

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: 3 Lessons for Young Catholics

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: The Holy Weapons in the Revolution of Mercy

Oct. 28 2016

Local
Relic of St. Teresa venerated at cathedral on World Mission Sunday

Local
St. John's Seminary reacquires Annex from Boston College

Local
Cardinal pledges $850,000 to oppose ballot Question 4

Local
White Mass celebrates 'special vocation' of physicians

Local
Virginia Kaneb honored by Regis at inaugural gala

Local
St. Anthony Shrine holds inaugural Franciscan Dinner

Local
Boston high schools join forces to create winning football program

Local
Cardinal releases video series on Question 4

Local
Trooper's widow urges voters to reject legalizing marijuana

Local
Ballot question calls for lower pot taxes than other states

Local
Knights of Columbus state officers installed

Local
Boston hosts Catholic Charities USA gathering

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Msgr. Paul J. McManus, Boston's oldest priest dies at 100

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: A layman's guide to the history of Church reform

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: First rights

Opinion
Father Eugene Hemrick: Dealing wisely with turbulent times

Opinion
Father William J. Byron SJ: May hope abound at election time

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Phase IV pastor orientation -- Part II

Opinion
Clark Booth: Return to the ice

Oct. 26 2016

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Are God and Allah the same?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Boredom -- A Fault within Ourselves

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Christian vocation as theme for next Synod

Opinion
George Weigel: The end of an era, the interment of an event

Opinion
Sister Constance Veit, l.s.p.: Upside down definitions

Oct. 21 2016

Local
Six ordained permanent deacons for Boston

Local
Pastoral Planning Advisory Board presents findings to Presbyteral Council

Local
Forming the Future: St. Agnes Elementary School, Arlington's 'Peace and Love Initiative'

Local
Catholic Schools Office cultivates future leaders

Local
St. James Society presents annual Cushing Medals

Local
Catholics called to honor priests on Priesthood Sunday, Oct. 30

Local
Archdiocesan Justice Convocation to focus on mercy

Obituary
Obituary: Father Joseph Martin, Somerville native, long time missionary in Peru

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Friends feeding Families campaign

Opinion
Author's name withheld: Project Rachel: Forgiveness is a process

Opinion
Thomas Lester: 'High honours and painful duties' -- Cheverus' letters

Opinion
Bill Dodds: 'Digital immigrants'

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: Need and gift matched for a refugee

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Phase IV Pastors -- Part I

Opinion
Clark Booth: Series without Sox

Oct. 20 2016

Local
Cardinal O'Malley urges faith leaders to oppose recreational marijuana

Oct. 19 2016

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: The Trouble With the 'You Go Girl' Culture

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Promoting priestly vocations

Opinion
John Garvey: The trolley problem and the presidential election

Opinion
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput: About those Unthinking, Backwards Catholics

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: On not Cultivating Restlessness

Opinion
George Weigel: Russian Orthodoxy's aggressive obsessions

Oct. 17 2016

Local
He was a runner for the Japanese mafia. Now he's a Catholic priest.

Oct. 14 2016

Local
Cardinal thanks first responders at Public Safety Mass

Local
Hundreds brave weather to March for Life in Boston

Local
Fatima Apostolate gathers local children for Holy Hour

Local
Boston CRS Ambassadors participate in Kenya visit

Local
Boston conference to focus on importance of Sabbath

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Massachusetts law could forbid churches to preach on transgenderism

Opinion
Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila: Voting as a Catholic in 2016

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: The multiple moral problems of surrogacy

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Celebrating our priests for their support of Catholic education

Opinion
Author's name withheld: Thank You for Project Rachel

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: It's in the genes

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Catholic social teaching, Justice Convocation, and collaboratives

Opinion
Father John Catoir: Parish community and the spiritual life

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: Stark statistics and hopeful responses

Oct. 12 2016

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Catholics and same-sex weddings

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Pope Francis and the Martin Luther Anniversary

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Contemplative Prayer

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Knowing Who We Are; Knowing What We Are Supposed to Do

Opinion
George Weigel: Changing the game

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Sharing the Riches We've Been Forgiven

Oct. 7 2016

Local
Mass. bishops urge voters to reject marijuana legalization

Local
The moral dimension of legalizing recreational marijuana

Local
Lawn Party raises $250K to support Pope St. John XXIII Seminary

Local
Six to be ordained permanent deacons Oct. 15

Local
Catholic Memorial's urban farm will integrate science, technology and social justice

Local
New Pro-Life offices blessed on Respect Life Sunday

Local
St. Faustina -- Secretary of Divine Mercy

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: Abortion, the debates, and truth

Opinion
: Project Rachel opened the door to a road of healing

Opinion
Adam Johnson: On legacy and life review

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Tired but energized

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Tarred and feathered -- the 1854 letter of Father Bapst

Opinion
Clark Booth: As the knight returns

Oct. 5 2016

Local
Mark Wahlberg made a video about why he loves priests

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: Stark statistics and hopeful responses

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Struggle to not make God our own Tribal Deity

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Catholic prosecutor and death penalty

Opinion
Sister Constance Veit, l.s.p.: The Culture of Life begins in our hearts and our hands

Opinion
George Weigel: Golden Memories of a Golden Anniversary

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Satellites, the Internet, and the Communion of Saints

Oct. 4 2016

Local
Mass. bishops urge voters to reject marijuana legalization

Opinion
MCC: Mass. Bishops statement opposing Question 4

Sep. 30 2016

Local
Thousands drawn to relic of St. Padre Pio

Local
Different reasons draw faithful to venerate St. Padre Pio

Local
Padre Pio is a 'saint of our times,' says foundation director

Local
Celebration raises $1.6M to meet needs of Boston priests

Local
Faith, understanding is the secret to 70 years of marriage, say Maynard parishioners

Local
New 'Scully Square'

Local
Catholics care. Catholics vote.

Local
Cathedral stained-glass window broken

Local
Sister Disciples celebrate anniversaries

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: Relegating the first of our freedoms to the back of the bus

Opinion
Msgr. James Moroney: Pro Patria: A homily 50 days before the election

Opinion
Father James A. Flavin and Rabbi Toba Spitzer: The worker is worth their wages

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Supporting the challenges faced by 'grandfamilies'

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Made for heaven

Opinion
Susan Abbott: 'They come and they come and they come'

Opinion
Bill Dodds: Little choices make a big difference

Opinion
Clark Booth: 1918 redux

Sep. 28 2016

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen's body

Opinion
Russell Shaw: A real threat to religious freedom

Opinion
George Weigel: Speaking of 'deplorables'....

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Making Divine Mercy our Mission in Life

Sep. 23 2016

Local
MFA's Della Robbia exhibit explores faith through sculpture

Local
Corcoran family to chair Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary Lawn Party

Local
Catechists, teachers gather for Jubilee Year Pilgrimage

Local
Bishop Allue celebrates two anniversaries

Local
A'Kempis Circle -- women supporting women

Local
Mass for Public Safety Personnel to be held Oct. 9

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Different reasons draw faithful to venerate St. Padre Pio

Obituary
Obituary: Father James J. Harrington, former North Shore pastor

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The fate of a Boston mission priest in WWII

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: If you wonder why...

Opinion
Father William J. Byron SJ: Bench and bar come before the altar at the Red Mass

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: Compassionate acting

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Acton-Stow town meeting

Opinion
Clark Booth: Wonderful World of Football

Sep. 21 2016

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: A Report from Baby Bishop School

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Reverence for the name of Jesus

Opinion
John Garvey: Don't mess with Mother Nature

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Indulgences Revisited

Sep. 20 2016

Local
Large crowds expected for veneration of St. Padre Pio relic

Sep. 19 2016

Local
CatholicTV to broadcast Mass for veneration of St. Padre Pio

Sep. 16 2016

Local
Regina Cleri strengthening bonds with neighboring West End parish

Local
CatholicTV Network breaks records with 25th anniversary telethon

Local
Sept. 11 victims honored in South Boston

Local
Cardinal O'Malley's statement on Sept. 11 anniversary

Local
Father Brian R. Kiely named rector of Pope St. John XXIII Seminary

Local
Father William Palardy named pastor in Milton

Local
Virtual tour of Vatican Museums comes to Gloucester theater

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Father James J. Ronan: September and re-connecting

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Leaving our values at the door of the strip club

Opinion
Father Francisco Anzoategui: 'Love one another as I have loved you!'

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: The story mercy tells

Opinion
Father John Catoir: How can Catholics relate to Mary?

Opinion
Maureen Pratt: Scammed no more!

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Intergenerational faith formation

Opinion
Clark Booth: Pennant fever

Sep. 14 2016

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is dialysis required?

Opinion
Russell Shaw: On Reading Amoris Laetitia

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: From Paranoia to Metanoia

Opinion
George Weigel: They're confessors, not 'culture-warriors'

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Being Led through the Door of Mercy

Sep. 9 2016

Local
Cardinal celebrates canonization with Dorchester parish

Local
Local priests recall encounters with Mother Teresa

Local
Cardinal recounts encounters with Mother Teresa

Local
Parish's Year of Mercy effort helps clothe African children

Local
Heart of St. Padre Pio coming to Boston this month

Local
Several Boston Catholic schools begin year with new leadership

Local
CSF caps summer for students with Fenway tour

Obituary
Obituary: Father Hugh O'Regan, US Navy and hospital chaplain

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Three goals, countless dreams

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Seminary Workshops

Opinion
Clark Booth: Late summer musings

Sep. 7 2016

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Feeding off Life's Sacred Fire

Opinion
George Weigel: Catholicism's empty quarter

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Apologists, Catechists, Theologians: Wake Up!

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Man and wife in heaven?

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: Whom do we play for?

Sep. 4 2016

Opinion
Pope Francis: Pope Francis' Homily at Canonization of Blessed Teresa

Sep. 2 2016

Local
Bishops Reed and O'Connell ordained auxiliaries for Boston Archdiocese

Local
Temporary A/C keeps ordination guests cool

Local
Family recalls slain Stoneham sister as 'giving and caring'

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father Terence Curley, pastor, teacher, counselor

Obituary
Obituary: Father Paul Mulligan, missionary, pastor

Obituary
Obituary: Joan M. Mooney, active Catholic laywoman, philanthropist

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: Laboring over work

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Small graces

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: Nothing truly different from Chicago

Opinion
Deacon Christopher Connelly: Permanent Diaconate Inquirers Program: Is Christ calling you?

Opinion
Ashlynn Rickord and Alex Green: After the 'Holy Innocents' go: The closing of a church and the end of an era in Massachusetts

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Summer Report

Opinion
Clark Booth: Harvard phenom

Aug. 31 2016

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Advice to Students New and Old

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: God and birth defects

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Utopia, With Limits

Opinion
George Weigel: He's not 'turning his back to the people'

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: The Wrinkled Face of the Good Samaritan

Aug. 26 2016

Local
Robots coming to a kindergarten near you

Local
Group challenges 'Know Nothing' governor's anti-Catholic legacy

Local
Quincy sisters offer forgiveness to accused robbers

Local
Bishop Robert Reed: Living God's will 'has been the joy of my life'

Local
Bishop Mark O'Connell: 'I plan on being a happy bishop'

Local
Family recalls slain Stoneham sister as 'giving and caring'

Opinion
Raymond Flynn: The unsung who do the work of saints

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: The Rodman Ride for Kids

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Bishop Carroll's letter to John Hancock

Opinion
Susan Abbott: New bishops -- New Evangelization

Opinion
Clark Booth: Olympic wrap up

Aug. 24 2016

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is Old Testament God violent?

Opinion
John Garvey: Blessed Teresa: Witness of modern-day holiness

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: God's Nature -- Exuberance or the Cross?

Opinion
George Weigel: Joe Biden is Isaac Hecker's fault?

Aug. 19 2016

Local
Bishops-elect make Oath of Fidelity, Profession of Faith

Local
Who is my neighbor?

Local
Meeting the children of Cuba on the baseball field

Local
The growth and challenges of the Church in Cuba

Local
New Catholic refugee agency head visits Boston

Local
Deacon candidates make sacred profession

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: Taking a bullet in marriage

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: House and home

Opinion
Maureen Crowley Heil: Each one teach one

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Summer visitor -- Versailles

Opinion
Clark Booth: Beisbol rambles

Aug. 17 2016

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Keeping Lord's day holy

Opinion
George Weigel: God and Brexit

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: A Happy Death

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, a Tale of Grace

Opinion
Russell Shaw: A pertinent dark vision

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: The Mystagogy of Mercy in the Mass

Aug. 12 2016

Local
Baseball mission aims to build bridges with Cuban youth

Local
Episcopal Ordination schedule and broadcast information released

Local
Local Catholic school alumni active at Rio Olympic games

Local
Dorothy Day's spirituality highlighted at annual Vianney cookout

Local
Missionary Childhood Assoc. continues mission of 'children helping children'

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Talking to kids about porn and human sexuality

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Remembering prolific architect Patrick C. Keely

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Wilmington Catholic Community

Opinion
Clark Booth: A-Rod

Aug. 10 2016

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: WYD 2016: Source of Hope

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Free to marry?

Opinion
Sister Constance Veit, l.s.p.: Saint Jeanne Jugan 'walked the talk' on mercy

Opinion
George Weigel: The Washington Post and the Church of Me

Aug. 5 2016

Local
Boston pilgrims inspired by World Youth Day

Local
Online shopping helps fundraise for local parishes and schools

Local
Elizabeth Seton Academy announces closure

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: Impoverished without Contemplation

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Selection year

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Sneak peek at Phase II Local Pastoral Plans

Opinion
Clark Booth: On the road to Rio

Aug. 3 2016

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Catholics and tithing

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Al Smith, a happy warrior

Opinion
George Weigel: Trump, Kaine, and more illusions

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: I have met hope ... in person

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: The Pilgrimage of Mercy

Jul. 29 2016

Local
Boston churches become hotspots for Pokémon

Local
Boston pilgrims make historic pilgrimage to Ireland's Knock Shrine

Local
Spellman Museum links history with stamps

Local
Natural Family Planning Week

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: GO! ... and make disciples

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Cremains and respect for the human body

Opinion
Thomas Lester: On the death of Cardinal Cheverus, 180 years ago

Opinion
Susan Abbott: The Lynn Collaborative update

Opinion
Clark Booth: Olympics cometh

Jul. 27 2016

Opinion
Bishop Edward K. Braxton: Moral leadership in action: All lives really do matter

Opinion
George Weigel: Homelessness, party-style

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: 3 Reasons Why 'Vikings' is the Most Religiously Interesting Show on TV

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Suicide and Mental Health

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Fear of confession

Jul. 22 2016

Local
Red Sox hold Catholic Night at Fenway

Local
Young people gather for prayer, worship and preaching at Steubenville East

Local
MCC urges caution on Transgender Bill implementation

Local
Week-long retreat helps teens build connections, deepen faith

Local
Stained-glass windows tie Marlborough sisters to Dorchester Catholic school

Local
Medical Mission Sister who served in Boston joins London leadership team

Local
Portugal presents Cardinal O'Malley with highest national honor

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: Goodbye, Dolly!

Opinion
Father Joseph K. Fagan: Reflections of a senior priest -- Father Joseph K. Fagan

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Implementation in the Newton collaborative

Opinion
Clark Booth: Summer blues

Jul. 20 2016

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Analyzing the crisis in American values

Opinion
George Weigel: The Ostpolitik failed. Get over it.

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Angels with Sickles and God's Fury

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Priests and family counseling

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: A New Feast of Mercy

Jul. 18 2016

Local
Archdiocese announces leadership and parish appointments

Jul. 17 2016

Opinion
Father William J. Byron SJ: Remembering Elie Wiesel and remembering the unborn

Opinion
John Garvey: Politics and the court

Jul. 13 2016

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Purgatory and the good thief

Opinion
Carole Norris Greene: A chilling message from Dallas

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: The Cross of Jesus: God's Awful Work of Love

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Our Deepest Insecurity

Opinion
George Weigel: The last Puritan statesman and the 2016 conventions

Jul. 8 2016

Opinion
Massachusetts Catholic Conference: Statement of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference on the passage of Transgender Legislation

Opinion
Cardinal Sean P. O'malley: Cardinal O'Malley: 'We join in the national mourning'

Opinion
Father Tad Pacholczyk: Seeing through the Intersex Confusion

Opinion
Sister Constance Veit, l.s.p.: Dare to be of Good Cheer!

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: Investments that work for the poor

Jul. 5 2016

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Conversion of Islam

Opinion
Russell Shaw: The bastion of pro-abortion support

Opinion
George Weigel: On not settling for mediocrity

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Struggling with Grandiosity

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: The Merciful Mean between Merciless Extremes

Jul. 1 2016

Local
Prayer service supports Tufts workers

Local
Msgr. Fay named director of archdiocesan Pontifical Mission Societies

Local
St. John's seminarians take part in national summer formation program

Local
Cape Ann parishes host sea-side cookout for senior priests

Opinion
Vito Nicastro: An ecumenical honor for Boston

Opinion
Father Henry M. Cunney: Reflections of a senior priest -- Father Henry M. Cunney

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Phase IV pastors

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The letter of Private Bernard Sullivan

Opinion
Clark Booth: And before we break

Jun. 29 2016

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: How Strange is the Cross

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Moral principles and hospice

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Us First!

Opinion
George Weigel: A cinematic lesson in hope

Jun. 24 2016

Local
Cardinal O'Malley calls for gun control, assault weapons ban

Local
Congratulations, Archdiocesan Graduates of the Class of 2016

Local
Marblehead parish presents youth ministry scholarships

Local
Local group prepares to head to World Youth Day

Local
St. Julia Parish steps up to aid local refugees in need

Local
Religious Brothers celebrate jubilees

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: Fathers of all kinds

Opinion
Moises Sandoval: To reduce deaths, we must reduce guns

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: Pilgrimage to a Catholic-again country

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Promised home

Opinion
John Garvey: Instructing the ignorant, a work of mercy

Opinion
Maureen Pratt: Adopt a plant and you grow a soul

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Forming Disciples

Opinion
Clark Booth: Seasons pass

Jun. 22 2016

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Of Guns and Pacifism

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Assimilation, clericalism and the Catholic vote

Opinion
George Weigel: Confessions of an 'elitist'

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Priest with liberal politics

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Thomas Aquinas and the Art of Making a Public Argument

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Courageous and Truthful Enough to be Merciful?

Jun. 17 2016

Local
Concert will mark cathedral organ's 140th year

Local
Catholic school retirees honored for years of service

Local
The Pilot honored with Catholic Press Awards

Local
Needham Catholic school students donate hair to help women with cancer

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Catholic Charities Teen Center changes young people's lives

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The first visits of a priest to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Settling in

Opinion
Clark Booth: Baseball Research Journal

Jun. 15 2016

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Communion more than once?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Struggle to Love Our Neighbor

Opinion
Sister Constance Veit, l.s.p.: Heroes of Religious Liberty

Opinion
George Weigel: Two Catholics and the Catholic game

Jun. 14 2016

Opinion
Staff: Summary of Iuvenescit Ecclesia

Opinion
Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley: Cardinal O'Malley's statement on Orlando tragedy

Jun. 10 2016

Local
Pope names two new auxiliary bishops for Boston

Local
Bishop-elect Reed biography

Local
Bishop-elect O'Connell biography

Local
Archbishop Chaput keynotes Redemptoris Mater Seminary gala

Local
Archbishop Russell's ordination an historic moment for Boston Archdiocese

Local
Personal significance of Archbishop Russell's insignia

Local
Archbishop Paul Russell -- Boston priest and Vatican diplomat

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Peering into 2020

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Embracing truth

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: Exercises in Summer Reading

Opinion
Susan Abbott: The Triumph of the cross

Opinion
Clark Booth: Ali

Jun. 8 2016

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: 4 Lessons on Divine Mercy from the Woman at the Well

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Sensitivity and Suffering

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Righteous anger?

Opinion
George Weigel: There aren't 'two popes' in any way, shape, or form

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Pope Francis at his Best

Jun. 3 2016

Local
Vigil at closed Scituate church ends

Local
PACE to cease operations at end of month

Local
Mass. General Chapel marks 75 years

Local
Forming the Future: Sacred Heart Elementary, Lynn

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Pope names two auxiliary Bishops for the Archdiocese of Boston

Local
Bishop-Elect O'Connell biography

Local
Bishop-elect Reed biography

Local
Watch the press conference with the new Boston auxiliary bishops

Obituary
Obituary: Father Francis D. Garrity, former pastor in Medford and Needham

Opinion
Father William J. Byron SJ: At Hiroshima, urging peace and an end to materialism

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Cardinal Cushing reflects on limits of knowledge

Opinion
Dinah Olanoff: Aging parents? Mistakes to avoid when visiting from out of town

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: Welcoming the stranger with familiar food

Opinion
Susan Abbott: What they saw and heard

Opinion
Clark Booth: May pole

Jun. 1 2016

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Women and Vatican vote

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Ordinary Goodness and our Spiritual Journey

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Young Dorothy Day, a crusading journalist

Opinion
George Weigel: Kung-pao diplomacy?

May. 27 2016

Local
Nine ordained to the priesthood

Local
Scout Mass at the Cathedral

Local
Seminars aim to clarify new annulment process

Local
Boston University awards Medeiros Scholarships to local students

Local
Ursuline Academy breaks ground for new athletic and convocation center

Local
Wives and widows of Boston permanent deacons hold day of recollection

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Episcopal ordination of Archbishop-elect Paul Russell

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: The sorry state of our politics

Opinion
Father Wallace E. Blackwood: Reflections of a senior priest: Father Wallace Blackwood

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Gifts given and received

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Visitors from Chicago

Opinion
John Garvey: Mary in our increasingly secular world

Opinion
Clark Booth: Leicester's miracle

May. 25 2016

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Why 'Last Days in the Desert' is so boring

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Faith and Fear

Opinion
George Weigel: Intolerance and evangelization

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Actions on global warming

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: The Mercy That Prepares Us for the Mercy of the Eucharist

May. 20 2016

Local
Vatican Museums patron chapter making comeback

Local
16 receive Theological Institute degrees

Local
The Holy Spirit 'overcomes every division,' cardinal says at Pentecost Vigil

Local
Spring Celebration raises $1.1M to support Catholic Charities

Local
Merrimack Valley Catholic radio goes on air

Local
Memory of Bishop D'Arcy honored at St. John's

Local
Group says it will end vigil at closed Scituate church

Local
Mass. Court considers church tax exemption case

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The first confirmations of the Archdiocese of Boston

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Hunger Chopped

Opinion
Father Eugene Hemrick: Conquering our fears

Opinion
Father John Catoir: A cheerful disposition in adversity

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Ordination, vocations, and plan writing

Opinion
Clark Booth: Chicago's Cubbies

May. 18 2016

Opinion
George Weigel: Biblical preaching and healing the culture

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Youth Today -- Who are They Really?

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Parish as dictatorship

May. 16 2016

Local
Group says it will end vigil at closed Scituate church

May. 13 2016

Local
Priests reflect on joys, challenges of priesthood at convocation

Local
New Boston fire boat named for dept. chaplain Father Mahoney

Local
ICSF leads annual Bus Tour of Dorchester Catholic school

Local
Forming the Future: Elizabeth Seton Academy, Dorchester

Local
Twiss receives Grey Nuns' humanitarian award

Local
Priests honor three peers at convocation

Local
St. Joseph the Worker Shrine in Lowell celebrates 60 years

Local
Everett church damaged by fire

Local
Committee helps parents, parishes 'learn from each other'

Local
Workshop offered on new Rite of Marriage

Local
Ordination class of 2016: Deacon Kevin Staley-Joyce

Local
Ordination class of 2016: Deacon Matthew Conley

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Embryos and the '14-Day Rule'

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Educating the little ones

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Veni Sancte Spiritus

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Religious education / faith formation

Opinion
Clark Booth: Nobody asked

Opinion
Maureen Pratt: Celebrating, but not too much

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Assisted suicide

May. 11 2016

Opinion
Russell Shaw: The latest addition to the culture war

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Berrigan and Non-Violence

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Ten Commandments of Mercy

Opinion
George Weigel: Now what?

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: The Fire of God's Mercy

May. 6 2016

Local
Second class of transitional deacons ordained this year

Local
Pope St. John XXIII dedicates new learning center

Local
Archdiocese hosts first Palliative Care Colloquium

Local
Sisters of St. Joseph honor Eileen Connors at annual dinner

Local
Boston seminaries sponsor evening of Jewish-Catholic dialogue

Local
Regis appoints local journalist as new VP of communications

Local
Ordination class of 2016: Deacon Patrick Fiorillo

Local
Ordination class of 2016: Deacon Thomas Olson

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Wally Carew, former Pilot staffer

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: The president we deserve

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Cardinal Cushing, advocate of equality for all

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: Dorothy Day: Not your off-the-shelf saint

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Faith formation in collaboratives -- two new models

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: Reflections of a mom

Opinion
Bill Dodds: A tip of the hat to former seminarians

Opinion
Clark Booth: These three remain

May. 4 2016

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Daniel Berrigan -- RIP

Opinion
Father John Catoir: Prince and his unique journey toward God

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Shakespeare and the Fading of the Catholic World

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Unrequested religious mailings

Opinion
George Weigel: Good Catholics, good citizens

Apr. 29 2016

Local
Jubilee pilgrimage reaches 'out to the sick and to the suffering'

Local
Prayer service recalls Armenian Genocide

Local
Forming the Future: Cardinal Spellman High Library Learning Commons

Local
Bowman named dean of CUA business school

Local
Cardinal blesses Habitat for Humanity house dedicated to Pope Francis

Local
Ordination class of 2016: Deacon Huan Dominic Ngo

Local
Advocacy brings couple to Autism Study Committee

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father Richard Driscoll, former pastor in Topsfield

Obituary
Obituary: Father Raymond G. Helmick, SJ, negotiator, professor, missionary

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: On 'aging gracefully'

Opinion
Vito Nicastro: Why the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide unite us today

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Mercy in the mess

Opinion
Father Eugene Hemrick: Through the eyes of another person

Opinion
Bill Dodds: Accepting what God has chosen for us

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Greetings en route to Communion

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Collaborative look at faith formation

Opinion
Clark Booth: April Ball

Apr. 28 2016

Local
New ordinations give reason for hope, but need for priests still great

Apr. 27 2016

Opinion
George Weigel: The most important day of your life

Opinion
John Garvey: Questionable use of scare quotes

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Why You Should Read C.S. Lewis' 'The Great Divorce'

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Marking an Anniversary

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Mother of Mercy

Apr. 22 2016

Local
ICSF Dinner Celebration raises over $3M to support Catholic education

Local
Cardinal to celebrate year of mercy pilgrimage and Mass for sick and caregivers

Local
Pa. priest among thousands who ran this year's Boston Marathon

Local
Mass. Knights present Lantern Award to Military Archdiocese chaplains

Local
Cloughs to be honored at April 28 Jesuit Gala

Local
Cardinal celebrates campus ministry confirmations at cathedral

Local
Ordination class of 2016: Deacon Thomas Sullivan

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Bernadine Kensinger: Confirmation of College Students and the Easter Season

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: The Supremes suggest a real accommodation for the Little Sisters

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Ground was broken on cathedral 150 years ago

Opinion
Maureen DiMilla: Thanking those who work for safe environments

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Forming Disciples in a New Language

Opinion
Clark Booth: Comparatively speaking

Apr. 20 2016

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Loyalty and Patriotism Revisited

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Porn and the Curse of Total Sexual Freedom

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Funeral Mass years after death

Opinion
George Weigel: The best Nuncio we've had thus far

Apr. 15 2016

Local
Archdiocese marks Child Abuse Prevention Month

Local
Merrimack presents honors for inter-faith work

Local
St. John's Seminary alumni reconnect at annual dinner

Local
Choral music celebrated at cathedral festival

Local
Forming the Future: East Boston Central Catholic School's 'House' program

Local
Plans finalized for Armenian Genocide commemoration service

Local
Family brings experience of autism to archdiocese's study committee

Local
Ordination class of 2016: Deacon Stephen LeBlanc

Local
Episcopal ordination date set for Archbishop-elect Russell

Local
Archbishop Williams mourns tragic death of student

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Celebrating our volunteers

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Communicating love

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Portrait of Pius VII restored

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: How Margaret Sanger became an icon

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Phase I implementation update -- Part II

Opinion
Karen Osborne: Confirmation is a beginning, not an end

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: Looking for opportunities

Opinion
Clark Booth: Bye, Bye Bruins

Apr. 13 2016

Opinion
George Weigel: The merciful grace of the truth

Opinion
Russell Shaw: The November dilemma

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: 'Miracles from Heaven' and the Problem of Theodicy

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Wearing a veil in church

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Love -- A Projection and a Reality

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Beholding God's Mercy

Apr. 8 2016

Local
'Walking with Mary' gathers ethnic communities for Year of Mercy

Local
Embrace media, participants are told at Co-Workers Conference

Local
'Saints' and 'Wizards' support Mission Grammar School

Local
Saints relics to visit Jamaica Plain

Local
Catholic Charities Boston announces new director of marketing and communications

Local
Ordination class of 2016: Deacon Christopher Bae

Local
Cardinal O'Malley releases statement on pope's letter on the family

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: First Thoughts on 'Amoris Laetitia'

Opinion
Pope Francis: Summary of 'Amoris Laetitia: On Love in the Family'

Opinion
Father J. Gustave Miracle: Lessons from a pilgrimage of faith, hope, and love

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: A verdict which demands no evidence

Opinion
Kathy Mears: The gift of presence

Opinion
Father Eugene Hemrick: Mary's example in fighting terrorism

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: Welcoming the stranger

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Phase I update -- Part I

Opinion
Clark Booth: April goodbyes

Apr. 6 2016

Opinion
Sister Constance Veit, l.s.p.: How to give birth to new vocations

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: When did Holy Spirit come?

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Bill Nye is Not the Philosophy Guy

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Power of Prayer and Ritual inside our Helplessness

Opinion
George Weigel: After the 'G-word' has been spoken

Apr. 2 2016

Opinion
Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley: 'God's Mercy Runs to Meet Us'

Apr. 1 2016

Local
CYO teams compete in Championship Tournament

Local
Parish statues vandalized in Norwood and Burlington

Local
Ordination class of 2016: Deacon J. Thomas Gignac

Local
Forming the Future: Lisa Edouard, Cristo Rey Boston High School

Local
Statement of Cardinal O'Malley on the passing of Mother Angelica

Local
Attorney: Settlements reached in alleged abuse cases

Local
Boston affordable housing grants to benefit POUA projects

Local
Deacon Connelly appointed director of permanent diaconate formation

Local
Cardinal publishes Pastoral Letter on mercy

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Triumph of mercy

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Catholics and acceptable uses of contraceptives

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Phase III begins plan writing

Opinion
Clark Booth: Infallible predictions

Mar. 31 2016

Local
The Holy See dismisses Thomas H. Maguire from the clerical state

Mar. 30 2016

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: The Spiritual Legacy of Mother Angelica

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Grasping the religious realities in ISIS' attacks

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is a funeral Mass required?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Triumph of Goodness

Opinion
George Weigel: Things that can't change

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Entering through the Divine Floodgates of Mercy

Mar. 25 2016

Editorial
A teachable moment

Local
Cardinal stresses importance of priests' 'prayer and ministry' at Chrism Mass

Local
St. Patrick's celebrated at cathedral

Local
Father Finn recognized as 'Outstanding American by Choice'

Local
Archdiocesan high school champions

Local
Catholic Charities sees need continue as spring arrives

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Boston U. alum murdered in Congo was martyr of truth, says Assumptionist

Obituary
Obituary: Father James L. Fahey, former seminary librarian, Beverly pastor

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: Who killed Jesus?

Opinion
Father James Ronan: He's gone!

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Mount Alvernia students learn from archives' historic letters

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Collaborative celebrations of the Triduum

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: Moving forward with sweet memories of the past

Opinion
Father William J. Byron, SJ: What is God like?

Opinion
Clark Booth: A tsunami in football

Mar. 23 2016

Opinion
Sister Constance Veit, l.s.p.: Little Sisters Thank Supporters of Supreme Court Case

Opinion
John Garvey: A parade for St. Patrick

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Extraordinary ministers

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Understanding and Compassion of Good Friday

Opinion
George Weigel: Easter is not a question mark

Mar. 18 2016

Local
Brotherhood of Catholics and Jews in Boston celebrated

Local
School responds to anti-Semitic chant at basketball game

Local
Lowell church gets a facelift

Local
Church renovation work led deacon to vocation

Local
Catholic Charities highlights work of religious for National Catholic Sisters Week

Local
2016 Co-Workers Conference will focus on media in evangelization

Local
St. Eulalia, Winchester to host talk by Father James Martin

Local
Forming the Future: Bellesini Academy

Local
Accessibility assistance helps deaf community participate in 'Young Messiah' premier

Local
Cardinal to host Armenian Genocide prayer service

Local
'Spotlight' company settles complaint over made-up dialogue

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father Gerard M. Brennan, retired Air Force chaplain

Obituary
Obituary: Father Peter T. Girardin, longtime Veterans' Affairs hospital chaplain

Obituary
Obituary: Father Frederick E. Sweeney, former pastor in Haverhill

Opinion
Father Bryan K. Parrish: 'Life is a gift'

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Running for Catholic Charities

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: A fatherly presence

Opinion
The Tablet editors: A Catholic university

Opinion
Adam Johnson: Inter-generational bonding at Youville Assisted Living

Opinion
Susan Abbott: '24 Hours' revisited

Opinion
Clark Booth: Spring ball

Mar. 16 2016

Opinion
Russell Shaw: The Counter-Reformation is over

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Gestures and postures during Mass

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: The Disorienting Quality of Real Prayer

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Power of Fear

Opinion
George Weigel: A sordid anniversary, to be remembered

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Mercy Week

Mar. 11 2016

Local
Rwandan CRS worker speaks on impact of Rice Bowl donations

Local
Cardinal launches Catholic Appeal with parish Masses

Local
Brookline parish forum explores opioid crisis

Local
Cardinal joins Lynn celebration of 24 Hours for the Lord

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Boston Globe cuts ties with 'Crux'

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Lessons from St. Patrick

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: The Lord of science

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Implementation and alignment in Methuen

Opinion
Clark Booth: Long goodbyes

Mar. 9 2016

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: How the Soul Matures

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Status of last rites

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Blasting Holes Through the Buffered Self

Opinion
Sister Constance Veit, l.s.p.: Little Sisters: Why We Can't 'Just Sign the Form'

Opinion
George Weigel: Resisting the demagogue

Mar. 4 2016

Local
Governor visits Dorchester Catholic school for Read Across America Day

Local
CRS president calls for climate change awareness at Stonehill lecture

Local
Forming the Future -- Cathedral High School

Local
PACE sponsors early education conference

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Makielah Conway: 'Whenever I use city water, I always pray': A day as a Flint mom

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Exceptional learners

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: The kid next door

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: The soul of a sinner

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Collaboratives in prayer

Opinion
Clark Booth: Enough already

Mar. 2 2016

Local
Mass. Bishops urge action on opioid crisis

Local
A Statement of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts on the Opioid Abuse Crisis

Mar. 1 2016

Local
Cardinal releases statement on Oscar-winning 'Spotlight' film

Opinion
George Weigel: Ukraine's Greek Catholic heroes

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Cries of Finitude

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Fasting during Lent; Annulment process and Communion

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Scalia's succession fight

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: Rising with Christ in a broken world

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Opening Up a 24-Hour Worldwide Confessional

Feb. 26 2016

Local
The Catholic connection to the Leap Year

Local
Propagation hosts free screening of 'The Young Messiah' March 10

Local
Cardinal to launch 2016 Catholic Appeal in parishes this weekend

Local
Committee studies ways for parishes to better serve those with autism

Local
Sacred Heart, Roslindale receives national innovation award

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
The National Catholic Bioethics Center: Zika Does Not Justify Abortion or Contraception

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: Justice Antonin Scalia returns to dust -- and hopefully to heaven

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: The world of 'isms'

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The 150th anniversary of Bishop Fitzpatrick's death

Opinion
Susan Abbott: The Holy Spirit at work

Opinion
Clark Booth: There's still hockey

Feb. 23 2016

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Mourning our Barrenness

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: 'Risen' and the Reality of the Resurrection

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Hymns, readings at funeral

Opinion
George Weigel: After Justice Scalia

Feb. 19 2016

Local
Designated churches open '24 Hours for the Lord' March 4-5

Local
Hundreds prepare to enter Church with Rite of Election

Local
Bell installed in new Seaport Chapel

Local
North End St. Joseph Society to honor its patron on CatholicTV

Local
Cheverus Catholic Elementary School, Malden

Local
Andover students 'Spread the Love' of Catholic education

Local
Seminar offers tips for making parishes more welcoming

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Putting families on the path to self-sufficiency

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Moving, and moving on

Opinion
Father Eugene Hemrick: Communication for our times

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Lynn -- Taking the long view

Opinion
Clark Booth: Beisbol cometh

Feb. 16 2016

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Married priest on the horizon?

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Confirmation and Evangelization

Opinion
John Garvey: Justice Scalia: Man of the people

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: New luminous mystery?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: God's Inexhaustibility

Opinion
George Weigel: ISIS, genocide, and us

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Preachers, Channels and Living Signs of Mercy

Feb. 12 2016

Local
Ashes distributed on Boston Common

Local
40 Days for Life continues in 6 Mass. locations

Local
Confession available at every church on Wednesdays in Lent

Local
Catholic Appeal reports 2015 results

Local
March 2 'Friendraiser' is introduction to Ignatian Volunteer Corps

Local
St. John's Prep plans new $24.9M wellness center

Local
Walsh proposes to rename Boston marine park for Ray Flynn

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Human organs from pigs -- is it kosher?

Opinion
Adam Johnson: The heart is a complicated organ

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The road to becoming an archivist

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Putting Catholic Social Teaching into practice

Opinion
Susan Abbott: 24 Hours for the Lord

Opinion
Clark Booth: Soupey L

Feb. 9 2016

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: Ashes: An urgent call for our souls

Opinion
Sr. Constance Veit, L.S.P.: Keeping Elders Connected, a Work of Mercy

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: On Reading Difficult Passages in Scripture

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: When to call a priest?

Feb. 5 2016

Local
Local pastoral visitors gather to pray, reflect on ministry to the sick

Local
Librarian brings the world to students at Sacred Heart Elementary, Kingston

Local
Brandley named regional director of St. John Paul II Catholic Academy

Local
Conca named principal of Xaverian Brothers High

Local
Wrentham nun helps rescue man pinned under tree

Local
Gala to benefit health care efforts in Haiti

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Testing to destruction

Opinion
Raymond L. Flynn: Be heard and be counted

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: A moment of pure Christian springtime

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Renewal

Opinion
Clark Booth: Much ado about all-stars

Feb. 2 2016

Opinion
George Weigel: An invitation to a Roman Lent

Opinion
Russell Shaw: The redeemer will redeem by sacrificing his life

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: A Shirt of Flame

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: A Conversation with Pope Francis about God's Mercy

Jan. 29 2016

Local
Bell for new South Boston Seaport Chapel blessed

Local
Doctor-prescribed suicide addressed at MCFL Assembly for Life

Local
Despite D.C. blizzard, young people Witness to Life in Boston

Local
Making a difference in the lives of many

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Thomas Lester: New display at Pastoral Center

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: While we were celebrating the birth of Christianity

Opinion
Ray Flynn: The message all begins with Jesus Christ

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Year of Mercy

Opinion
Clark Booth: Memories bitter and sweet

Jan. 26 2016

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Kiss of God on the Soul

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Repentance required for forgiveness?

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Pope Francis and the Evangelicals

Opinion
John Garvey: You shall not oppress an alien

Opinion
George Weigel: China's Population Crisis: An Evangelical Opportunity?

Jan. 22 2016

Local
Boston prayer breakfast celebrates legacy of Dr. King

Local
Forming the Future: Sacred Heart School, Roslindale

Local
Needham parish/schools mother's group helps them 'to know Christ'

Local
Bethlehem hospital foundation hosts inaugural event in Boston

Local
Local Catholic among those affected by rash of bomb threats

Local
Salesians of Don Bosco

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Where there's smoke...

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: Big brother versus little sisters hits home

Opinion
Father John Catoir: Our duty to those who doubt

Opinion
Karen Osborne: Finding hope in the changing of the seasons

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Collaboratives and the sanctity of life

Opinion
Clark Booth: Final test in the Rockies

Jan. 21 2016

Local
Youth Trips to Washington for the March for Life cancelled, local event planned

Jan. 19 2016

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Catholicism and secular culture

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Saints in the Mass

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: On Bowing and Raising our Heads

Opinion
George Weigel: A Ukrainian Christmas-at-the-crossroads

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Receiving and Extending Jesus' Five-Fold Mercy

Jan. 15 2016

Local
Cardinal ordains seven transitional deacons

Local
N.H. brother on path to sainthood

Local
New rector installed at Mission Church

Local
Special Holy Door opened for Poor Clares in Jamaica Plain

Local
Boston women religious witness to plague of human trafficking

Local
Local groups prepare to attend March for Life

Local
The Redemptorists

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: The impact of a simple cardboard box

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick, SJ

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Return of the Disciple Maker Index

Opinion
Clark Booth: Entering the Hall at Cooperstown

Jan. 12 2016

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Trump, a creature of the media

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Support for miscarriage

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: 'The Revenant' and the Search for a Higher Justice

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Forever Being Ahead Of Our Souls

Opinion
George Weigel: Dear Father: Please stop it.

Jan. 8 2016

Local
Cardinal celebrates New Year with Haitian community

Local
Hundreds ring in New Year at Mass with Cardinal O'Malley

Local
The Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy -- Mission of Mercy and Hope

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father John G. Connolly, 'Singing Priest' and Wrentham pastor

Obituary
Obituary: Father Maurice Meade, longtime hospital chaplain

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Please help more children afford a Catholic education

Opinion
Raymond L. Flynn: America at a dangerous crossroad

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: At the heart of the tragedy of addiction

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: Approaching the Year of Mercy as an opportunity to grow

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: The Logos was made flesh

Opinion
Bill Dodds: Young and old in the family kitchen

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Dynamic research

Opinion
Clark Booth: Hoping and expecting

Jan. 5 2016

Opinion
Sister Constance Veit, L.S.P.: Practicing Works of Mercy Toward the Elderly

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Saint of Light, Saint of Darkness

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Only in Silence

Opinion
George Weigel: Looking toward November 8

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: What the Year of Mercy is Not

Jan. 1 2016

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: Approaching the Year of Mercy as an opportunity to grow

Opinion
Karen Osborne: Keeping the dream alive for Martin Luther King Jr.