Anticipating Pope Francis' decree of May 9, 2024, in last week's column, we announced the Holy Year of 2025 with its title Pilgrims of Hope. Before the solemn announcement, the pope and the H ...

After moving eleven times in 42 years, I am no stranger to being a newcomer. Hospitable neighbors are always a plus. Here, we are incredibly blessed. For example, because our latest house needed to be ...

On May 29, 1924, a gathering of 15,000 Catholic students and hundreds of priests and representatives from nearly every religious order in the Archdiocese of Boston gathered on Boston College's Alumni ...

In order for senior women to age well, it is important they do everything they can to take good care of themselves. To that end, did you know that Women's National Health Week will be observed fro ...

In their effort to bring a holistic and innovative approach to wellness, Alliance Health at Marie Esther has embarked on an exciting new project that promises to enhance the quality of life for reside ...

These days one often hears the sentiment that being pro-life is at odds with caring for the poor. Kentucky-born physician and Sister of Mercy Sister Mariana Koonce is pro-life and ministers to the poo ...

The greatest enemy of faith is fear, Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience. That is why faith is the first gift ...

Susan Ho, director of faith formation at St. James the Greater Parish in Boston's Chinatown, calls herself a "Jane of all trades." She has been a parishioner at St. James, home to the Archdiocese of ...

More than 700 friends and supporters of the Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary of Boston gathered on April 28 at the Boston Marriott in Quincy for the seminary's 12th ann ...

On April 24, an unusual sound could be heard coming out of the Buckley Transportation Center in Lawrence. Rather than honking horns, chugging engines, and the hiss of bus doors opening and ...

This is the tenth 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 Holy Cross on May 25, 2024. BRIGHTON -- Deaco ...

I spoke about my trip to Spain to receive an honorary degree from the Pontifical University of Salamanca. Well, the actual ceremony was last Friday. Everyone at the university was very wel ...