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The mission of the Church has never been confined to a particular place, generation, or group of people. From the moment Jesus said, "Go therefore and...
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"Come to the Waters of Healing" is the theme for our archdiocesan Project Rachel ministry retreat. More than 600 women have participated over the years...
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For nearly five centuries, the "Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola" have invited people into a deeper relationship with Christ -- helping them...
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For generations, Christianity was woven naturally into everyday life. Today, the world has changed. The Church is moving within a different social and...
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Glastonbury Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Hingham, MA, will offer a three-night virtual symposium in September focused on "Magnifica Humanitas" ("Magnificent...
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Betania II originated from Servant of God, Maria Esperanza, where she was divinely led to this land by Our Blessed Mother. Located on 109 acres, Betania...
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Focusing on the promise of eternal life brings grieving parents what they need most ... HOPE. The death of a child divides a parent's life into a...
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Getting away can be very good for the soul. Getting away to Florida can be even better. Bethany Center was the idea of our former Bishop Robert N. Lynch....
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Since 2009, the Emmaus Ministry for Grieving Parents (EMFGP) has been serving the spiritual needs of parents whose children of any age, have died by any...
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St. Joseph's Abbey is a monastic community of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, commonly known as Trappists. We are a contemplative order,...
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BOSTON -- Richard Clark tenía tres días de nacido cuando el Papa San Pablo VI promulgó la Misa Novus Ordo en 1969. "¿Cuántos...
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BRAINTREE -- La mera existencia de alguien como el Padre John Thayer fue un escándalo en Nueva Inglaterra en los primeros días de los EE. UU. El...
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BRAINTREE -- Todo comenzó con un dolor en el hombro. El diácono Kevin Martin, un diácono permanente en la parroquia de Santa Ágata...
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(OSV News) -- On Aug. 26, social media giant Meta -- owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Threads and more -- agreed to settlements paying...
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BOSTON -- Richard Clark was three days old when Pope St. Paul VI promulgated the Novus Ordo Mass in 1969. "How old is the Novus Ordo?" joked Clark, director...
Read MoreBRAINTREE -- The very existence of someone like Father John Thayer was a scandal in New England in the early days of the U.S. Father Thayer, a former...
Read MoreBRAINTREE -- It started out with some shoulder pain. Deacon Kevin Martin, a permanent deacon at St. Agatha Parish in Milton, chalked it up to too much...
Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) – As its title suggests, the comedy "Coyote vs. Acme" (Ketchup Entertainment), which blends live action with animation, concerns...
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NEW YORK (OSV News) -- "The Dog Stars" (20th Century) tries to overcome its ostensible status as a post-apocalyptic shoot 'em up by exploring the need...
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or...
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CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Los fieles están llamados a dejar atrás "toda pasividad e indiferencia ante los acontecimientos que se producen,...
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CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- El Papa León XIV dio inicio al Tiempo de la Creación, de cinco semanas de duración, instando a los fieles a...
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-- La intención de oración del Papa León XIV para septiembre está dedicada al cuidado del agua, mientras los cristianos de todo el...
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(OSV News) -- El 11 de septiembre de 2001 Joseph Connor estaba de espaldas al gran ventanal de su oficina en el piso 36 cuando "de repente sintió...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The faithful are called to leave behind "all passivity and indifference" toward current events and the lives of others, especially...
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(OSV News) -- A judge in Montreal has found sexual misconduct accusations against Quebec's Cardinal Marc Ouellet to be unfounded and ordered his accuser...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- A federal judge paused a lawsuit by Texas and Florida seeking to revoke the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone,...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV began the five-week Season of Creation by calling on the faithful to step away from the frenzy of daily life to "hear...
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(OSV News) -- This year's Sept. 7 observance of Labor Day underscores Pope Leo XIV's call to be "builders of communion" while safeguarding human dignity,...
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(OSV News) -- Devastation from Aug. 26 flooding and mudslides along the Nepal-China border is staggering, and the road to recovery will be long, a Catholic...
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(OSV News) -- The apostolic nunciature in Paris confirmed to OSV News Aug. 31 that no papal celebration is scheduled in the Father Marko Rupnik mosaic-decorated...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV ordered the removal of artwork created by Father Marko Rupnik that was used on the Vatican News website, the bishop of Tarbes...
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(OSV News) -- A U.S. Catholic bishop is calling on the international community to step up aid after devastating torrents of water and mud raged along the...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV encouraged members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to follow the example of its namesake by giving witness to their faith...
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(OSV News) -- Spanish Catholics have welcomed new public interest being shown in St. John of the Cross, on the twin anniversary of his 1726 canonization...
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(OSV News) -- All mosaics by disgraced priest Father Marko Rupnik adorning the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes will be covered ahead of Pope...
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BRAINTREE -- Jo Joy era un asesino a sueldo, o eso decía. Se había casado cuatro veces. Los nombres de sus esposas estaban tatuados en su pecho....
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BOSTON -- Noah Guidel-Mendez estaba nervioso por cantar el "Anima Christi" y la versión de Faure del "Pie Jesu" ante una audiencia de sacerdotes mayores...
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BEVERLY -- Carol Haynes ha dedicado su vida a cuidar a aquellos al comienzo de la vida y al final de la misma.\r\nAl retirarse de una carrera de décadas...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV called on Catholic legislators to establish oversight of artificial intelligence so that technology serves the common good rather...
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(OSV News) -- When Jesuit Father Robert Spitzer realized a number of young Catholics were abandoning their faith in the name of science, he decided to...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Hundreds of faith leaders and organizations urged the Trump administration to extend Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for El...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "Firmly rooted" in the Church's living tradition, the liturgical reform put forth by the Second Vatican Council grew from the need...
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BRAINTREE -- Jo Joy was a hired killer, or so he said. He had been married four times. His wives' names were tattooed on his chest. On his back were...
Read MoreBOSTON -- Noah Guidel-Mendez was nervous to sing the "Anima Christi" and Faure's setting of the "Pie Jesu" before an audience of senior priests at...
Read MoreBEVERLY -- Carol Haynes has spent her life caring for those at the beginning of life, and at its end. Upon retiring from a decades-long career in early...
Read MoreIpswich native and son of Sacred Heart (Polish) Parish, Father John T. Swencki died at Mary Immaculate Health Care, Lawrence, on Aug. 22, 2026. Born on...
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or...
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NEW YORK (OSV News) -- There's not much cinematic bounty to be derived from "Mutiny" (Lionsgate). A star vehicle for the ever-brooding Jason Statham, director...
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(OSV News) -- El Papa León XIV expresó su tristeza por la devastación causada por el colapso de un glaciar en la frontera entre Nepal y...
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-- El Papa León XIV celebrará una Misa en la Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Buen Consejo en la víspera de la festividad de la...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Cientos de líderes religiosos y organizaciones han instado a la Administración Trump a prorrogar el Estatus de Protección...
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CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Situada "en la línea de la tradición viva de la Iglesia", la reforma litúrgica propuesta por el Concilio Vaticano...
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SV News) -- El Papa León XIV instó a los legisladores católicos a establecer un marco de supervisión de la inteligencia artificial...
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(OSV News) -- Todos los mosaicos del sacerdote caído en desgracia, el padre Marko Rupnik, presentes en la Basílica de Nuestra Señora del...
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CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- La visión y la cultura católicas del amor y la misericordia deben superar las falsas narrativas que crean enemigos...
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ROMA (OSV News) -- A sus 97 años, el cardenal Ernest Simoni regresó al antiguo campo de trabajos forzados en Albania donde celebraba Misa en...
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) -- Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda is encouraging the faithful of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and all community...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV expressed his sadness by the devastation wrought by a glacial collapse in the Nepal-China border, causing a deadly wave of floods...
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CHICAGO (OSV News) -- Illinois' physician-assisted suicide law, set to take effect Sept. 12, has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge for specific...
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(OSV News) -- The Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee, is remembering the late Dolly Parton -- whose career as a singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman...
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) -- Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda is encouraging the faithful of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and all community...
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(OSV News) -- The Vatican foreign minister urged Russian officials to end their war with Ukraine and to begin negotiations with the help of the international...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 25 appointed the Knights of Columbus' Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly as a member of the Vatican Dicastery for the Laity,...
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DUBLIN (OSV News) -- Baptisms in the Catholic Church in Ireland have fallen by almost a third since 2015, with just one Irish diocese seeing any positive...
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BRAINTREE -- La escuela Austin Prep de Reading ha sido nombrada Escuela de Distinción por la Asociación para la Educación de Nivel Medio,...
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MELROSE -- Desde el jardín de infantes hasta su doctorado en química en la Universidad de Seton Hall, casi toda la educación de Edgardo...
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BRAINTREE -- El 18 de julio, 123 jóvenes adultos, diáconos, religiosos, voluntarios y líderes pastorales que representan a las comunidades...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As wars multiply and the post-World War II international order comes under increasing strain, Pope Leo XIV has spent the opening...
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BRAINTREE -- Reading's Austin Prep has been named a School of Distinction by the Association for Middle Level Education, becoming the first private...
Read MoreMELROSE -- From kindergarten to his doctorate in chemistry at Seton Hall University, almost all of Edgardo "Ed" Mantilla's education has taken place...
Read MoreBRAINTREE -- On July 18, 123 young adults, deacons, religious, volunteers, and pastoral leaders representing the Hispanic communities of New England's...
Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) -- Self-sacrificing maternal love animates the thin plot of "Insidious: Out of the Further," the sixth installment in the eponymous...
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or...
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NEW YORK (OSV News) -- Gosh darn those pesky wormholes! One day, you're living in the safety of an early 1980s suburb and the next you find that your entire...
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