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Assisted dying bill in the UK is a 'slippery slope,' cardinal says
(OSV News) -- Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has joined leading Catholic politicians and pro-life groups in calling on U.K. Catholics to take immediate and urgent action to oppose an assisted suicide bill that he says will strike "fear and trepidation" in vulnerable people.
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Theological, ecclesiological balance needed in discussion of synodality, Bishop Rhoades says
VATICAN CITY (OSV News) -- For more than three years, the church has been undergoing a universal process of listening and dialogue, from the parish level to the national level to the halls of the Vatican itself.
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Catholic Lawyers Guild gathers for annual Red Mass
BRAINTREE -- One-hundred-fifty lawyers and law students filled the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage in Boston on Oct. 6 for the Red Mass, the annual social centerpiece of the Catholic Lawyers Guild of the Archdiocese of Boston. The Mass is traditionally celebrated by Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley, but since he was in Rome to participate in the Synod on Synodality, Bishop Mark O'Connell, himself a canon lawyer, was the principal celebrant and homilist.
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Relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis venerated at cathedral
BOSTON -- When Bishop Robert Reed first saw a photograph of Blessed Carlo Acutis, soon to become the Catholic Church's first millennial saint, he was struck by the boy's attire. Blessed Carlo's wardrobe is rather out of place in the communion of saints. He is not in a habit, a tunic, or clerical vestments, but jeans, a sweatshirt, and Nike shoes. To Bishop Reed, Blessed Carlo looked no different than any kid in his parish.
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Forming the Future: St. Mary of the Assumption School, Brookline
BROOKLINE -- Those walking through St. Mary of the Assumption School in Brookline on a Wednesday afternoon may hear the sounds of children screaming and laughing echoing down the halls. What could possibly elicit such extreme reactions from students after a long school day? A game of chess.
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From Cardinal Seán's blog
Sunday, the Holy Father invited the Synod participants to join him in praying a rosary for peace at the Basilica of St. Mary Major, the eve feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, which he had designated as a day of prayer and fasting for world peace.
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