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New Boston Archbishop Richard Henning and outgoing archbishop Cardinal Cardinal Seán O’Malley during a packed two-hour-plus installation Mass at Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Oct. 31, 2024.

New Boston archbishop challenges flock to develop ‘deeply personal’ relationship with God

Oct 31, 2024

By Matt McDonald

Archbishop Richard Henning, 60, most recently bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, replaced Cardinal Seán O’Malley, who led the Archdiocese of... Read more

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New Boston Archbishop Richard Henning and outgoing archbishop Cardinal Cardinal Seán O’Malley during a packed two-hour-plus installation Mass at Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Oct. 31, 2024.

New Boston archbishop challenges flock to develop ‘deeply personal’ relationship with God

Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, Lourdes, France.

Kentucky attorney general backs Catholic church in lawsuit against shrine construction

“This isn’t 1984, but 2023 —I should never have been arrested or investigated simply for the thoughts I held in my own mind,” Vaughan-Spruce, who was arrested for praying outside of an abortion clinic, said.

‘Buffer zone’ law banning anti-abortion protests goes into effect in England and Wales

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Diocese bans ‘All Are Welcome,’ other hymns from Catholic Masses

Pope Francis with members of “Project Hope,” a program of accompaniment for the spiritual and emotional healing of women and men who suffer the consequences of having chosen abortion, on Oct. 30, 2024.

Pope Francis to parents of aborted children: Evil does not have the last word

Pope Francis prays near the tomb of Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, superior general of the Society of Jesus between 1965 and 1981, during a Mass at the Jesuit Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, known as the “Gesu” in Rome, Italy, on March 12, 2022, on the 400th anniversary of the canonization of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the society’s founder.

Vatican inquiry into canonization of Father Arrupe, mentor to Pope Francis, begins next month

Lights for the celebration of the Hindu festival Diwali.

Vatican message for India’s ‘festival of lights’ emphasizes need for fostering harmony

Pope Francis meets with participants of Italy’s Educational Commitment Movement of Catholic Action (MIEAC) national congress on Oct. 31, 2024, at a private audience held in the Vatican.

Pope Francis: Secular world needs teachers with ‘a big heart’ and high ideals

A memento mori at the Teutonic Cemetery in the Vatican.

Spooky, scary, saintly? How Catholics can see Halloween at its best

"When you play with spirits, with elements of esotericism or occultism you are opening doors to the Evil One," warned Father Javier Ortega, a priest of the Diocese of Alcalá de Henares in Spain.

Costumes of demons, witches, and the dead open the door to the devil, priest says

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