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2010 Initiative breaks ground in Dorchester
Dorchester/ Mattapan Catholic school students who will attend the new John Paul II Catholic Academy fl ing shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony for
the new academy May 5. Pictured looking on are: Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, president and CEO of Suff olk Construction John Fish and the archdiocese’s new cabinet secretary for Parish Life and Leadership, Father Thomas Foley. Pilot photo/ Gregory L. Tracy
Local
Living the Faith: George Knittel
By Donis Tracy
Pilot Correspondent
SHIRLEY If you want proof of the compatibility of faith and reason, you only need to talk to George Knittel.
Nation
Survey finds pope’s visit got a big chunk of U.S. media’s attention
By Patricia Zapor
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The news media gave Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States in April more coverage that week than any topic except the 2008 election campaign, according to an analysis of reporting by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
Nation
Washington archbishop says denial of Communion is up to local bishops
By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Following criticism that high-profile Catholic politicians who support keeping abortion legal were permitted to receive the Eucharist during the U.S. papal Masses in Washington and New York, Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl reiterated his position that such an action should be left to the discretion of the bishop heading an individual lawmaker's diocese.
World
Anglican primate, pope discuss ecumenism, U.S. visit, Muslim dialogue
By Cindy Wooden
ROME (CNS) -- Two months before opening the Anglican Communion's Lambeth Conference, the Anglican primate was in Rome to commission his new representative to the Vatican, to meet privately with Pope Benedict XVI and to convene a Christian-Muslim dialogue.
World
Church recognizes 17th-century Marian apparitions in France
By Catholic News Service
LAUS, France (CNS) -- The Catholic Church has officially recognized 17th-century Marian apparitions to a 17-year-old peasant girl in a southern Alpine village in France.
Local
Obituary: Margaret ‘Midge’ Darling, former Pilot staffer
By Father Robert M. O’Grady
Described variously as “a gem” by a former Pilot co-worker; “a loyal friend” by many in South Boston; “a woman of faith” by her long-time friend, Father Kevin Toomey of St. Raphael, Medford and as a “genuinely good person” by virtually all who knew her; Margaret “Midge” Darling died at Marian Manor in South Boston on April 30 following an extended battle with cancer.
Nation
Vatican letter directs bishops to keep parish records from Mormons
By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In an effort to block posthumous rebaptisms by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Catholic dioceses throughout the world have been directed by the Vatican not to give information in parish registers to the Mormons' Genealogical Society of Utah.
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Local
Program awarded for supporting ‘Grandparents as Parents’
By Christine Williams
BRIGHTON -- Assuming the role of parent comes with difficulties and stresses, say grandparents who are the primary caregivers of their grandchildren.
Local
BU students mark month of Mary with bicentennial Mass
By Christine Williams
BOSTON -- Catholic students at Boston University celebrated the month of Mary and the 200th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Boston with a Mass at Marsh Chapel on May 4. The crowd filled the 400-seat chapel.
Local
From Cardinal Seán’s blog
On Monday (April 27), I participated at a Cursillo Mass. For a long time I have wanted to have a Mass with the cursillistas, and I thought that it would be good to do it during the bicentennial year. Then, when Eduardo Bonnin Aguilo, who led the first Cursillo in 1944, died on Ash Wednesday this year, I asked the leadership of the cusillistas to organize this Mass.
Local
Archdiocesan Archives announces temporary closing
During 2008, the Archdiocesan Archives, together with other archdiocesan offices and agencies, will be relocating to the new Archdiocesan Pastoral Center in Braintree. The archives will be closed and all research services will be suspended temporarily during 2008. The archives anticipates research services to resume in 2009.
Opinion
A new Pentecost
Father Richard Erikson
Today I concluded my annual retreat. During the retreat I was led to meditate on the Holy Spirit in our lives and in our Church. I am still reflecting on Pope Benedict’s homily at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, particularly in light of our celebration of the gifts of the Holy Spirit at the feast of Pentecost this weekend. I was privileged to be participating in the Mass when the pope said “…let us implore from God the grace of a new Pentecost for the Church in America. May tongues of fire, combining burning love of God and neighbor with zeal for the spread of Christ’s Kingdom, descend on all present!”
Opinion
Fire in the clinic!
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk
One argument that is often made to justify destroying human embryos begins like this:
Suppose there is a fire in a fertility clinic. You are the only adult present, and there is a newborn baby and a tank of liquid nitrogen with 5,000 frozen embryos in the clinic. You can save only one of them before the place burns down -- which would you choose?
Opinion
Heeding the call
Donato Infante III
Praised be Jesus Christ! It was a great blessing to attend the youth rally at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers and the Mass celebrated at Yankee Stadium. This was my first time seeing a pope in person. The rally at the seminary was particularly moving. As a former professor, our Holy Father is used to addressing youth, and he took the opportunity to impart some important lessons on those present. It was clear that, even though he was probably exhausted, his love for God and for us is so strong, and his joy to be with us was apparent.
Opinion
Greater and lesser frauds in sport
Clark Booth
Somewhere the late, great Willie McDonough, the long-time last word of the Globe, is howling with glee. It was Willie who branded Roger Clemens as “the Texas con-man.” Early on, he decided that the Rocket was a fraud and he never budged from that viewpoint.
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