Sean O'Malley

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, the reaction from many in the predominantly-liberal state of Massachusetts, its legislative delegation included, was outrage. But Cardinal Sean O’Malley of the Boston Archdiocese heralded the decision, calling it “deeply significant and encouraging.” “This decision will create the possibility of protecting human life from conception; it calls us to...

Cardinal Sean O’Malley of the Boston Archdiocese led a prayer service urging for peace between Russia and Ukraine.

Cardinal Sean O’Malley are calling on Catholics in Massachusetts to pack the pews.

Cardinal Sean O’Malley of the Archdiocese of Boston as well as the bishops of Springfield and Fall River in similar statements Wednesday announced that the faithful are once again required to attend Mass starting the weekend of June 19-20.

Hoping to demonstrate to fellow Catholics that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe, Cardinal Seán O’Malley has already received his first dose of the Moderna vaccine, the Archdiocese of Boston announced Monday. O’Malley received his first vaccination on Dec. 24 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, according to the church. The 76-year-old is scheduled to get his second dose...

At St. Brigid Church in Boston, Christmas is still a go, despite rising COVID-19 numbers. Still, the Archdiocese of Boston wants to make sure people are safe. “The pandemic has brought too many people a sense of need for God in their lives. That’s why this Christmas is so important,” said Rev. Robert Casey, pastor at St. Brigid and...

Cardinal Sean O’Malley is showing how Mass will be handled safely on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Watch Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s full comments in the above video. Referring to George Floyd’s death as a “murder” carried out “at the hands of four rogue police officers,” Boston’s Archbishop condemned racism as an “evil and moral cancer.” Cardinal Sean O’Malley spoke strongly in a letter Friday night, recognizing the Catholic Church’s “historical complicity in slavery” and calling on...

Cardinal Seán O’Malley held his annual Christmas service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

Cardinal Sean O’Malley will once again host his annual Christmas mass in Boston’s South End neighborhood.

An annual tradition of giving in Dorchester is underway again. And this year, there’s no shortage of people in need. The United Way and Catholic Charities of Boston distribute thousands of turkeys and a ton of other food to the community every year. Michael Durkin, the president of United Way, says they’re serving all of the Thanksgiving fixings for 11,000...

An investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and excessive alcohol use at a seminary run by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston did find some “inappropriate” sexual conduct but no evidence of criminal behavior or sexual activity between seminarians and faculty members, the archdiocese announced Friday. The investigation was launched in August 2018 when two seminarians said in social media...

Cardinal Seán O’Malley will continue serving as the ninth bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston after Pope Francis rejected the cardinal’s letter of resignation, according to the Boston Globe.

A lawyer representing victims of clergy sex abuse criticized the Archdiocese of Boston on Tuesday for not listing on its website the names of several priests who have faced accusations, including five clerics who are dead. Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who has represented hundreds of victims, said by not publicly naming the priests, the diocese has shown it has “lost the...

The head of the Catholic Church in Boston was devastated like so many others over the images of a fire destroying Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The inferno destroyed the cathedral’s spire and its roof, but its twin bell towers survived. French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to rebuild the centuries-old landmark. “I’m glad that they were able to save as...

Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley is joining Pope Francis and other top U.S. bishops in Rome to discuss the Catholic Church’s sex abuse and cover-up scandal.

Cardinal Sean O’Malley blessed hundreds of people Tuesday as he continued his holiday tradition of Christmass mass in Boston. Hosted at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Cardinal O’Malley shared a lighthearted sermon about the Christmas gifts likely given this year.

Boston’s Catholic Archdiocese has hired a law firm and a former U.S. attorney to lead an investigation into three Boston-area seminaries run by the archdiocese following abuse allegations related to one of them. Cardinal Sean O’Malley announced the decision to expand the investigation into St. John Seminary in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood to two others — Pope St. John XXIII National...

After improvising for nearly three weeks, the dining hall at the Cor Unum meal center in Lawrence, Massachusetts, is back open and serving warm meals for the first time since the gas fires and explosions rocked the Merrimack Valley. The center has been operating for 12 years and never closed after the disaster. However, with no gas service, they were...