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by bcadmin | Nov 9, 2022 | Associated Press, Boston, Church in the US, Massachusetts, News, Religious Freedom, U.S. Supreme Court | 0 |
The city of Boston has agreed to pay more than $2.1 million to the Christian legal organization that backed a court challenge after the city refused to fly a Christian flag outside City Hall, a case that made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 9, 2022 | Archdiocese of Boston, Associated Press, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, Massachusetts, News | 0 |
A Catholic priest from Massachusetts accused of sexually assaulting a child more than a decade ago has been indicted by a grand jury on forcible child rape and indecent assault and battery charges, authorities said Tuesday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 19, 2022 | Abortion, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Massachusetts, News, Roe v. Wade, Springfield, the pro-life movement | 0 |
Police are investigating vandalism at a western Massachusetts pregnancy center that provides women facing a crisis pregnancy with free diapers, wipes, baby clothes, strollers and car seats.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 19, 2022 | Anti-religious vandalism, Bethlehem House, Dobbs, Featured, Jane's Revenge, Massachusetts, News, U.S. & World News, Vandalism | 0 |
Police are investigating vandalism at a western Massachusetts pregnancy center that provides women facing a crisis pregnancy with free diapers, wipes, baby clothes, strollers and car seats.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 29, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, Massachusetts, News, Springfield | 0 |
BOSTON — A lawsuit brought by a former altar boy who alleges he was sexually abused as a child in the 1960s by a now-deceased Catholic bishop and other clergy can proceed, the highest court in Massachusetts said in a decision released Thursday. The man from Chicopee identified in court […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 16, 2022 | Associated Press, Bishop Robert J. McManus, Black Lives Matter, Church in the US, Massachusetts, News, Pride Month, Worcester | 0 |
The Diocese of Worcester has told a local middle school that it can no longer identify itself as a Catholic school because it disobeyed the bishop’s order to take down its Black Lives Matter and Pride flags.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 6, 2022 | Bishop Robert J. McManus, Diocese of Worcester, Features, interview, Massachusetts, News | 0 |
Bishop Robert J. McManus, 70, is the fifth bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts. He is a faithful prelate whose stand for Catholic orthodoxy has brought him criticism by activist groups. Last month, for example, protestors gathered […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 16, 2022 | Church in the US, lead, Massachusetts, News, sex abuse, Soup Kitchen, Worcester | 0 |
The head of a Diocese of Worcester parish soup kitchen was placed on administrative leave on March 11 after allegations were made to the diocese that for years he has prostituted vulnerable women that use the soup kitchen’s services.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 11, 2022 | Associated Press, Catholic colleges, Catholic Universities, Church in the US, Massachusetts, News | 0 |
The president of Assumption University has announced that he will retire at the end of the current academic year after 15 years leading the private Catholic school in Worcester.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 11, 2022 | Archdiocese of Boston, Associated Press, Church in the US, COVID restrictions, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, mask, Massachusetts, News | 0 |
Face coverings will not be required during public Masses at Catholic churches in the Boston area starting Feb. 28, the Archdiocese of Boston announced Thursday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 21, 2022 | Associated Press, Church closings, Church in the US, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, News, Parish closings | 0 |
The first Polish Catholic church in New Bedford is set to close this month after 117 years, following years of declining membership and the death of its pastor.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 27, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Schools, Child sexual abuse, Church in the US, Massachusetts, News | 0 |
The former athletic director at a Catholic school in Massachusetts has been charged with assault and battery on a child under 14, prosecutors said.
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