The Boston Globe Archives

Why Catholicism’s two traumas of the 2010s didn’t draw the same attention
- Dec 29, 2019
Global Christianity, Catholicism very much included, experienced two traumas over the last decade that are both global in scope and historic in their consequences.

By John L. Allen Jr.
Prelates say feeling of strife, enmity signals ‘crisis of compassion’
- Sep 11, 2019
The archbishop of Boston and his counterpart in Santa Fe, New Mexico, have called for a spirit of welcome toward others, saying the current feeling of strife and enmity in the country signals a “crisis of compassion” that must be overcome.

By Rhina Guidos
Joint newspaper report examines bishops’ responses to abuse allegations
- Nov 5, 2018
The Boston Globe and the Philadelphia Inquirer newspapers teamed up for an article published in both daily papers Nov. 4 that examined ways it said the U.S. bishops have failed to police themselves even since their 2002 gathering in Dallas about clergy sex abuse when they “promised that the church’s days of concealment and inaction were over.”

By Carol Zimmermann

Feds, bishop to spell out abuse plan in troubled diocese
- Mar 6, 2017
Following trials and allegations regarding the clerical sex abuse scandal in Pennsylvania, U.S. Attorney Soo Song and Bishop Mark Bartchak had a joint press conference announcing a collaborative framework to protect the children of the diocese from sexual abuse.

By Associated Press

US bishops advise dioceses how to deal with ‘Spotlight’ movie

Nov 10, 2015

Roman Catholic Church leaders in the United States have sent talking points to dioceses around the country to help them prepare for the release of the movie “Spotlight,” highlighting the progress the Church says it has made in preventing and responding to the sexual abuse of children by clergy. The

By Crux Staff

In ‘Spotlight,’ The Boston Globe digs up the Catholic Church’s dirt

Nov 6, 2015

“The city flourishes when its great institutions work together,” says the cardinal to the newspaper editor during a friendly chat in the rectory. The city in question is Boston. The cardinal is Bernard F. Law and the editor, newly arrived at The Boston Globe from The Miami Herald, is Martin

By nyt