Archives launches cathedral virtual 3-D tour to mark 150th anniversaryRebecca Maitland
On Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1875, at 10 a.m., years of yearning finally came to fruition. That day, after nine years of construction and 15 years without a Mother Church, Archbishop John J. Williams presided ...
Embryo adoption: An open question?Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk
When it comes to the plight of the hundreds of thousands of IVF embryos frozen in the U.S. and elsewhere, it is often claimed that the Catholic Church has never definitively addressed the liceity, or ...
A steady light: Pope Leo XIV's top five moments of 2025Elizabeth Scalia
"Lebanon needed this embrace." The words went out over a social media platform, made more poignant for the accompanying image of Pope Leo XIV consoling a weeping Lebanese woman. I couldn't help ...
'Let us work the redemption'Eileen McLaughlin
Twenty-five years ago, I had a prayer experience that I return to annually at Advent. At the time, I was a novice Catholic school teacher in my second year at St. Ann School in Somerville. I committed ...
Scripture Reflection for Dec. 7, 2025, Second Sunday of AdventDeacon Greg Kandra
Is 11:1-10 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 Rom 15:4-9 Mt 3:1-12 Are we ready for a change? Well, it's coming. We are here in the Second Sunday of Advent -- in the desert, with a strange and disheveled ...
A little soap for the nation's potty mouthGreg Erlandson
I tasted soap once, and it was enough. At a rather tender age, I must have sassed my mom. I don't remember the crime, but I remember the punishment: Getting my mouth washed out with soap. It left an ...
To become a cherished 'little one,' reject the seat of honorElizabeth Scalia
''When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor" (Lk 14:8). Okay, can we stipulate that a working and fully engaged pope probably does not have the ...
Thanksgiving with Cardinal CushingRebecca Maitland
Among the numerous sermons and speeches that Cardinal Richard Cushing gave during his episcopate is a Thanksgiving Day statement given on Thursday, Nov. 25, 1965. Cardinal Cushing calls Thanksgiving the ...
Let gratitude lead us through the holidaysMichael Reardon
Moments before writing this piece, a driver blew through a red light as I started to cross the street. I proceeded to express my frustration, as did the driver, who let me know I was number one (although ...
Scripture Reflection for Nov. 23, 2025, Solemnity of Christ the KingDeacon Greg Kandra
2 Sm 5:1-3 Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5 Col 1:12-20 Lk 23:35-43 And just like that, we find ourselves once again back at Calvary. For much of this year, we've followed Jesus as he has journeyed toward ...
