by Kevin J. Jones Denver Newsroom, Jun 17, 2022 / 06:06 am After a months-long impasse, A Jesuit middle school in Worcester, Massachusetts, has had its Catholic status revoked by the local bishop for defying his order to stop flying flags supporting LGBT pride and the Black Lives Matter movement. …

by Joe Bukuras Worcester, Mass., Apr 5, 2022 / 08:43 am A Jesuit-run middle school in Massachusetts could lose its Catholic designation if it ignores the local bishop’s call to stop flying Black Lives Matter and gay pride rainbow flags outside its building. The Nativity School of Worcester, in Worcester, …

by Joe Bukuras Washington D.C., May 19, 2021 / 10:31 am America/Denver (CNA). Six days a week on busy Washington Street in Norwood, Massachusetts, Catholic barber Elias Elsayah can be found clipping hair and changing lives. Now a barber for eight years, Elsayah converts the hearts of many with his …

Boston, Mass., Dec 27, 2020 / 11:00 am MT (CNA).- Charlie Baker, the pro-choice Republican governor of Massachusetts, vetoed a bill that would legalize abortions up to birth and lower to 16 the age for girls to get abortions without a parent’s knowledge or consent. The state House and Senate …

by Matt Hadro Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 13, 2020 / 10:30 am MT (CNA).- Catholic bishops in Massachusetts are fighting a state measure to expand legal abortion. An amendment adopted by the state house on Thursday would allow for abortions in certain circumstances throughout pregnancy, a move the state’s Catholic …

Boston, Mass., Jan 4, 2020 / 04:20 pm (CNA).- In the latest move from Massachusetts state legislators to block abortion restrictions and expand access to the procedure, state Sen. Harriet Chandler has introduced a bill that would remove the longstanding requirement for teens to obtain parental consent before getting an …