Father Ronald L. St. Pierre was granted senior priest retirement status on June 3, 2025. His active priestly ministry spanned 42 years since his ordination on June 21, 1983, in the last class of Bosto ...

Father John J. Healy was called "Father" by his parishioners in Lynn, Belmont, and Walpole. Before that, he was called "father" by his three children: Kristin, Leanne, and Matthew. A Hub native, born ...

Amid a global arms race, ending the threat of nuclear war -- and even the testing of nuclear weapons -- is imperative, said the Holy See's diplomat to the United Nations. Archbishop Gab ...

Following the example of Jesus, who, as the Gospel of Luke (4:16-30) relates, went to the Temple as was his custom, and he proceeded to read from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. The Word of God was an ...

He grew up in one the archdiocese's largest and most fabled parishes. And he has stories to tell about it, and he loves to have the audience to do so. Father Michael J. Harkins is one of the thre ...

A Somerville native, Father Brian F. McMahon was born July 31, 1946, a son of the late Robert and Mary (Keane) McMahon. He is one of seven siblings, the others being a brother, Robert, and five sister ...

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the canonization of Elizabeth Seton, the first person born in what would become the United States of America to be declared a saint. It is an anni ...

A son of St. James Parish in Arlington, Father John M. Rowan was raised in Arlington and is one of the three children of the late John and Margaret (Harrington) Rowan. He was born on Dec. 3, 1949, and ...

Father Thomas J. Reilly hails from the Empire State and the Archdiocese of New York. He is the second son of the late Edward and Mary (Cody) Reilly, the older brother is Kenneth. He was raised in the ...

A Boston native born April 11, 1946, he is one of the six children of the late Frederick and Mary (Browne) Arens. An alumnus of the Boston Public Latin School and Newman Prep, he attended archdiocesan ...

Born on Dec. 30, 1949, Father Francis E. Sullivan was one of the children of the late Bernard and Esther (Connor) Sullivan. His early years were spent in Maryland, where he attended Parklawn Elementar ...

If the working class is miserable, does "Rerum Novarum" speak to the reasons why?