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While the Left Coast is reeling from the record-breaking settlement in the sex abuse scandal, the faithful on the East, particularly up in Beantown, are feeling a different disorientation and anguish: some drastic proposals for dealing with the worsening priest shortage in the Archdiocese of Boston: “If no proactive archdiocesan-wide approach to future staffing, guided…

That Czech phrase means “The Lord be with you,” and when I spoke it today at mass, it marked my first attempt to serve as a deacon in a language other than my own. I was invited by the Czech priest in residence at my parish, Fr. Anthony, to serve and preach before his little…

Here’s something you don’t see everyday in the New York Times: an essay by a married woman describing how she unexpectedly got pregnant, wanted an abortion, and then changed her mind: “I don’t want to leave Mexico,” David said. “I don’t want to give up on this before we’ve tried.” “Why do we have to…

A lot of people were expecting the sex abuse settlement in Los Angeles to be huge. Word today indicates it will be even bigger — and worse — than expected: Lawyers for more than 500 victims of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy members say they are on the verge of settling their lawsuits against…
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