Local
Mass celebrates the life of Martin Richard in soaring words, song
Father Sean Connor, pastor of St. Ann Church in Dorchester, celebrates a memorial Mass for Boston Marathon Bombing victim Martin Richard June 9. The Richard family, friends and neighbors filled the church for the memorial marking what would have been Martin Richard's 9th birthday. Pilot photo/Gregory L. Tracy
Nation
Obama administration drops fight to limit age restrictions on Plan B
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- U.S. Catholic officials expressed disappointment with the June 10 announcement that the federal government will comply with a judge's ruling to allow girls of any age to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription.
World
Pope Francis decides not to spend summer at Castel Gandolfo
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Unlike many of his predecessors since the early 1600s, Pope Francis has decided not to spend the summer months at the papal villa in Castel Gandolfo south of Rome, although he will observe a reduced schedule in July and August.
World
The suffering deserve our prayers, not our analysis, pope says
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Those who suffer are brothers and sisters Catholics must pray for, not cases to be analyzed or examples to be used in debates, Pope Francis said in a morning homily.
Obituary
Cellucci, former Massachusetts governor and ambassador to Canada, dies
By Catholic News Service
BOSTON (CNS) -- Paul Cellucci, who served as governor of Massachusetts and was U.S. ambassador to Canada during the Sept. 11 attacks, died June 8 of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 65 years old.
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Local
Priests Convocation covers new evangelization, pastoral plan
By Christopher S. Pineo
RANDOLPH -- The assembled presbyterate of the Archdiocese of Boston heard and discussed perspective from Rome on the new evangelization and locally from pastors at collaborative parishes, June 6, at Lantana's in Randolph.
Nation
IRS scandals raise doubts over HHS mandate judgment
By Adelaide Mena
WASHINGTON (CNA/EWTN News) -- The targeting of conservative, pro-life and religious non-profits by the Internal Revenue Service is drawing concern over the agency's authority to decide exemptions to the HHS mandate.
Local
Campaign for Catholic Schools celebrates five years
By Christopher S. Pineo
DORCHESTER -- A group organized in an effort to rebuild Catholic education in Boston celebrated a milestone last week.
The Campaign for Catholic Schools and Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley gathered with supporters, June 5, at the Neponset Campus of Pope John Paul II Academy in Dorchester to celebrate five years developing and implementing a reform model aimed at rehabilitating urban Catholic elementary schools.
Local
Criminal charges dismissed in Worcester bishop's drunk-driving case
By Catholic News Service
WORCESTER, Mass. (CNS) -- Bishop Robert J. McManus of Worcester said he continues "to ask forgiveness" from the family, friends and "all the good people I serve" since his early May arrest on charges of drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident in Rhode Island.
Local
Obituary: Msgr. Robert C. Fichtner, 84
By Pilot Staff
Msgr. Robert C. Fichtner passed away June 7 at his residence in Waltham, after a period of declining health. He was 84 years old.
Born on Feb. 8, 1929, in Brighton, he was the third of four children of Carl R. and Rose (Conlin) Fichtner. He was the brother of Mary E. O'Connell of Waltham, and the late Paul E. Fichtner of Waltham and the late Lt. Edward J. Fichtner, U.S. Air Force, who died in the Korean War.
Opinion
Bungee jumping for the soul
Michael Pakaluk
Not all views that you take of your own life are equally valid. We can grant, surely, that some views are less valid. That dark and morose foreboding which you may feel sometimes when you wake up at 3 a.m., or, in contrast, that light feeling of elation when you are shopping on a holiday, or perhaps the dejection and worthlessness you may feel after an unexpected setback -- these intuitions, although they may contain an element of truth, are mainly deceptive.
Opinion
Looking backwards -- and forward
Clark Booth
As the Bruins roar into the Stanley Cup Finals, looking more and more like a runaway freight train on razor-sharp blades, many should be pardoned for wondering if what's left to be done is somehow anti-climactic.
Opinion
Faith in our father
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
I was not blessed to grow up with a father who had faith. Actually, I didn't grow up with a father much at all. That is why I spent a lot of my youth looking for substitutes wherever I could find them. Even though I had a lot of confidence, I somehow knew that I needed what only a father could give me. I think that's why my primary relationship with God as a child focused on God the Father, and why one of my favorite hymns was "Great Is Thy Faithfulness."
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