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A visual tour of the Holy Doors Pope Francis will open for the 2025 Jubilee
12/22/2024
The rite of opening the Holy Doors of the main basilicas of Rome to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee Year is perhaps one of the most solemn events of the Catholic Church, with centuries of tradition. The pilgrimage to the Holy Doors of the papal basilicas in Rome is a central act of the jubilee. Passing through them during the holy year symbolizes entry into a new life in Christ and the beginning of a journey of conversion.
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Pope, suffering a cold, focuses on mothers and children before Christmas
12/22/2024
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Pope, bishops, hundreds of faithful pray for victims of shocking Christmas market attack
12/22/2024
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Curia's role is to help bring God's blessing to the world, pope says
12/22/2024
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Trump names CatholicVote's Brian Burch as next Holy See ambassador
12/20/2024
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Israeli minister asks pope to clarify remarks about genocide claims in Gaza
12/20/2024
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Papal preacher tells Curia to rediscover power of 'littleness' during Advent
12/20/2024
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Pope will receive outgoing US President Biden at Vatican Jan. 10
12/20/2024
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3,000 Catholic school kids, Black Eyed Peas members make new Christmas song
12/20/2024
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Support of pontifical missions reflects Jesus' love for poor, pope says
12/20/2024
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Archdiocese to open Jubilee Year with Dec. 29 cathedral Mass
12/20/2024
BRAINTREE -- On the Sunday after Christmas, the Archdiocese of Boston will join the Holy Father and the rest of the Catholic Church in celebrating a Jubilee Year, titled "Pilgrims of Hope," that will run through 2025.
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Women Affirming Life sees record turnout at annual gathering
12/20/2024
BRAINTREE -- Almost 180 people attended Women Affirming Life's Mass and Brunch at the Archdiocese of Boston Pastoral Center in Braintree on Dec. 7, making it the most successful in the organization's history. The annual event celebrates the work of the pro-life group, which was founded in 1990 by a group of Catholic women professionals and merged with the archdiocesan Pro-Life Office this year.
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Cheverus profiles: Maureen McRae of St. Theresa Parish, North Reading
12/20/2024
NORTH READING -- Maureen McRae arrived at St. Theresa Parish in North Reading at 8:40 a.m. on the foggy morning of Dec. 10, her well-loved Roman Missal clutched close to her chest. As she does every Tuesday morning, McRae attended the 9 a.m. Mass, for which she serves as an extraordinary minister of Communion. She then went to the chapel with parochial vicar Father Augustin Anda for exposition and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, which lasts from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekly. McRae is always there for adoration from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. She also designed and sewed the red velvet fabric that surrounds the monstrance.
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Ecumenical group connects through historic hymns at Ipswich parish
12/20/2024
IPSWICH -- A rustic sound, simple and powerful in its joy and earnestness, chimed through the Our Lady of Hope parish hall in Ipswich on the icy afternoon of Dec. 15. Five voices sat together in a square and harmonized to produce strains, at once robust and ethereal. Tapping their feet to keep rhythm and slicing their arms through the air to conduct themselves, they wove through a medley of Christmas hymns, including "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" and "Adeste Fidelis."
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'La Morenita' musical celebrates Our Lady of Guadalupe in Lawrence
12/20/2024
LAWRENCE -- An armored conquistador works on a laptop in the former St. Mary of the Assumption School gymnasium in Lawrence, surrounded by the myriad knobs and switches of lighting consoles and digital sound mixers. A bishop in ballet slippers stands beside the conquistador, microphone in hand, waiting for his next solo. Dancers in billowing white gowns twirl on the stage above them.
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Wrap-up of the archdiocesan Catholic high school football season
12/20/2024
Central Catholic, Lawrence, vs. Lawrence High Playing at the venerable Fenway Park on Thanksgiving Eve, the Central Catholic Raiders ended a successful season with a 34-12 win over their city rival, Lawrence High School. Led by John Sexton '97 (second season), Central Catholic ends at 7-4 and leads the rivalry at 9-0-0. Lawrence ends at 3-8.
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Holy Days in 2025
12/20/2024
The following are the holy days celebrated and observed with obligation in the Archdiocese of Boston for 2025: -- Solemnity of Mary, the Most Holy Mother of God, Wednesday, Jan. 1. -- Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Thursday, May 29.
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Tiroteo masivo en una escuela cristiana de Wisconsin: Al menos 3 personas murieron y otras 6 resultaron heridas
12/19/2024
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Ten Commandments tablet surpasses estimates at Sotheby's despite authenticity questions
12/19/2024
A contentious Ten Commandments tablet has sold at Sotheby's for $5.04 million -- more than twice its high estimate of $2 million.The auction took place on Wednesday in New York City. Promoted by the auction house as "the earliest surviving inscribed tablet of the Ten Commandments" and purportedly dating to the late Roman-Byzantine era, the marble slab drew intense scrutiny ahead of the sale, with scholars disputing its provenance and authenticity.
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Pope Francis names Father Roger Landry a Monsignor
12/19/2024
Father Roger Landry is now Monsignor Roger Landry -- but he says he's not ready to abandon the title "Father" anytime soon. Monsignor Landry, 54, the incoming national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States and a regular contributor to The Pilot and the National Catholic Register, said he got the news this past weekend. He made it public Tuesday morning.
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Catholic University faces $30M 'structural deficit' amid higher education headwinds
12/19/2024
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The story of the LA miracle that will make Pier Giorgio Frassati a saint
12/19/2024
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Supreme Court takes up S.C. Planned Parenthood defunding case
12/19/2024
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Pope declares 16 new saints killed during French Revolution
12/19/2024
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Jesus is the path and destination for Jubilee pilgrims, pope says
12/19/2024
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