Cardinal Sean O'Malley Archives

Archdiocese of Boston gets first Vietnamese parish

Jun 15, 2021

After decades of pleas Vietnamese Catholics in the Archdiocese of Boston can now celebrate the Eucharist in their native tongue with the establishment of the archdiocese’s first Vietnamese parish on Sunday.

By John Lavenburg

Massachusetts Catholics called back to Mass

Jun 10, 2021

Catholics across Massachusetts are being called back to Sunday Mass.

By Associated Press

U.S. bishops divided over debating communion for pro-choice politicians

May 26, 2021

Two U.S. archbishops responded in dismay Tuesday night to a report that a number of their contemporaries sent a letter to Archbishop José Gomez in an effort to suspend discussion of the subject of Eucharistic coherence at U.S. Bishops’ June meeting.

By John Lavenburg

8 men ordained to Catholic priesthood in Boston

May 22, 2021

Cardinal Seán O’Malley ordained eight men into the Catholic priesthood on Saturday.

By Associated Press

New bishop says installation affirms his role to ‘teach, sanctify, govern’

Apr 20, 2021

The joyous strains of “Rendez Grace au Seigneur” (“Give Thanks to the Lord”) filled Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral for the April 17 episcopal ordination of Bishop Jerome Feudjio and his installation as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

By Kurt Jensen

Catholic leaders tell Harvard panel victims are ‘true north’ of anti-abuse fight

Apr 10, 2021

On the 100th birthday of his priest abuser, Mark J. Williams visited his abuser’s gravesite and “let it go.” He forgave the man for the pain he had caused.

By John Lavenburg

Shabby exit of anti-abuse reformer captures Vatican’s HR pandemic

Apr 8, 2021

The recent departure of American Monsignor Robert Oliver as secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Minors forms a small part of a bigger picture about a largely undiagnosed HR pandemic in the Vatican.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Cardinals O’Malley, Turkson defend Vatican same-sex blessing ban

Mar 20, 2021

Two Cardinals Wednesday defended a recent Vatican decree that restated the churches stance against the blessing of same-sex couples, by invoking the teachings of the church that the sacrament of marriage is between a man and a woman.

By John Lavenburg