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Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston will preside at the funeral of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy tomorrow at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (the Mission Church). The Rev. J. Donald Monan, a Jesuit priest who was the longtime president of Boston College and is now the chancellor, will be the principal celebrant. And the Rev. Mark R. Hession, pastor of Our Lady of Victory Parish in Centerville, will deliver the homily. PROGRAM DETAILS: First Reading: Curran Raclin, stepson Responsorial: Kara Kennedy Allen, daughter Second Reading: Caroline Raclin, stepdaughter Homily: Rev. Mark Hession Intercessory Prayers: Kennedy's four grandchildren,...

The following letter was read at the meeting of the Parish Council of Holy Trinity Church, Boston, on 21 May 2008. The letter announced Sean Cardinal O'Malley's intent to close Holy Trinity Church effective 30 June 2008. His Eminence repeatedly speaks of "Holy Trinity German National Parish" and the German heritage but makes NO MENTION of the hundred or so souls who attend the extraordinary form every Sunday at 0900. (Note: On 22 April 2007, what was then the Indult Mass for the Archdiocese of Boston was moved from Holy Trinity to a suburban territorial parish 10 miles west of...

Boston Cardinal Accused of Partisan Politics for Blasting Democrats over AbortionCardinal also said Catholics voting for pro-abortion politicians "borders on scandal" By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BOSTON, November 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Most elected officials in the Massachusetts Democratic Party are ignoring Cardinal Sean O'Malley's recent denunciation of their pro-abortion position. O'Malley, who is the Catholic Archbishop of Boston, said in an interview with the Boston Globe on November 15th that "the Democratic Party, which has been in many parts of the country traditionally the party which Catholics have supported, has been extremely insensitive to the church's position, on the gospel...

BALTIMORE - Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, saying the Democratic Party has been persistently hostile to opponents of abortion rights, asserted yesterday that the support of many Catholics for Democratic candidates "borders on scandal." In his sharpest comments about the political landscape since he was installed as archbishop of Boston four years ago, O'Malley made clear that, despite his differences with the Republican Party over immigration policy, capital punishment, economic issues, and the war in Iraq, he views abortion as the most important moral issue facing policymakers. "I think the Democratic Party, which has been in many parts of...

THE ARCHDIOCESE of Boston broke every rule in real estate sales this week when it voluntarily halved a $2 million offer from a community group for the former Our Lady of the Presentation elementary school in Brighton's Oak Square. It was a brilliant lesson from Cardinal Sean O'Malley on how best to strengthen a community. The Presentation School saga began in 2004 when the financially troubled archdiocese announced its intention to close the school as part of its wider reconfiguration of parishes. The announcement rocked the parish and surrounding middle-class urban neighborhood where young families were looking for reasons to...