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Over 175 couples from the archdiocese celebrating their 25th and 50th anniversaries gathered with family and friends for the 2012 Golden and Silver Wedding Anniversary Mass celebrated by Bishop John A. Dooher at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross June 3. During the Mass, Bishop Dooher led the couples in renewing their vows. The Mass, organized by the archdiocese's Office for Marriage Ministries, is held each year on the first Sunday of June.
BOSTON -- Whenever he visits St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley says he always discovers something new. The last time ...
As the winter sports season came to an end, several Catholic high schools took state titles in basketball and hockey. The Cathedral High School girls ...
WATERTOWN -- "Alright, we have 20 minutes to prayer!" John Madden announced in the church hall of St. Patrick Parish in Watertown on March 24, Palm Sunday. ...
BROCKTON -- The senior campus ministry room of Cardinal Spellman High School in Brockton contains a PlayStation 4, a mini fridge, a giant Connect 4 set, ...
NORTH ANDOVER -- Augustinian Father Peter Gori, pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Andover, likes to walk when he prays, and pray when he walks. He can ...
This is the fifth article in a series profiling the 11 men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the ...
BOSTON -- The Catholic Schools Foundation (CSF) has announced Bill and Jane Mosakowski will match all new and increased contributions up to $500,000 made ...
Long before 1950, when the Diocese of Worcester became separate from the Diocese of Springfield, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur expanded into the ...
Last Thursday afternoon, I went to Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School in Methuen for a celebration of the school's 20th anniversary. Notre Dame Cristo ...
ROME (CNS) -- As Pope Francis poured water over their feet, dried them with a towel and kissed their feet, 12 women inmates at Rome's Rebibbia prison ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As a statue of Jesus bearing his cross is carried through the streets of Sonsonate, El Salvador, on Good Friday, Pope Francis asked ...
PARIS (OSV News) -- In December 2023, Christophe Grunenwald, a knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem since 2000, was given ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Just before some 1,500 priests, bishops and cardinals renewed their priestly promises, Pope Francis asked them to embrace "compunction," ...
(OSV News) -- After more than a century, construction of Spain's Basilica of the Holy Family in Barcelona, known as Sagrada Familia for its Spanish name, ...
(OSV News) -- In its first detailed analysis of the Vatican's pre-Christmas declaration "Fiducia Supplicans," Russia's Orthodox Church has accused Pope ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis told Catholics in the Holy Land that he knows Holy Week this year is "so overshadowed by the Passion and, as yet, so ...
(OSV News) -- A decision by a judge in Calgary, Alberta, in favor of a young woman seeking medically assisted suicide over her father's objections amounts ...
BALTIMORE (OSV News) -- The Archdiocese of Baltimore's Apostleship of the Sea is normally a "friendly face" for international seafarers visiting the port. That ...
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The Supreme Court heard oral arguments March 26 in a case concerning mifepristone, a pill commonly used for abortion. It is the ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- For the first time in his 11-year papacy, Pope Francis has chosen to write his own meditations for the Good Friday Way of the Cross ...
(OSV News) -- Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore and that city's officials have called for prayers as rescue efforts continue, following the early ...
(OSV News) -- OSV News recently spoke with Mary Ann Glendon, professor emerita of law at Harvard University and a former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. ...
JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- When Christians gathered in Jerusalem to remember Jesus' entry into the city, it was one of a few joyful moments in the Holy Land, ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Media outlets have a responsibility to share the truth, not spread ideologies, Pope Francis said. The pope told employees of the ...
DUBLIN (OSV News) -- The professional body that regulates and ensures professional standards for doctors in Ireland has rejected a report from a parliamentary ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Only Jesus can deliver humanity from hatred and violence, Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday. "Jesus entered Jerusalem as a humble ...