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Aug. 7 2026
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BRAINTREE -- As schools across the U.S. see lagging test scores since the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in low-income districts, Catholic schools across...
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Aug. 7 2026
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SCITUATE -- On a hot late June day, a priest, a seminarian, two high schoolers, and an incoming college freshman from Scituate drove to the edge of a pond...
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Aug. 7 2026
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NATICK -- When Christine Ackerman dies, she wants "a big Mass" for her funeral.
She has joked with her children that when the day comes, the Mass will...
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Aug. 7 2026
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SOMERVILLE -- "This is not time for tears. This is time for action. Tears will come later."
Father Alejandro Lopez Cardinale, pastor of St. Benedict Parish...
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Aug. 7 2026
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CAMBRIDGE -- As a journalist, Sheila Hodges wants to tell the stories of people who have often been misunderstood -- prisoners, homeless people, immigrants,...
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Aug. 7 2026
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BRAINTREE -- The Massachusetts Senate has passed a bill that would allow abortion after 24 weeks and potentially until birth if a doctor deems it medically...
