Boston Torn by Parish Closings
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Nearly six months after Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley announced that dozens of Boston area parishes would be closed, 47 out of 83 churches are gone, and the controversial process has ignited a divisive spate of litigation.
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Marche Movenpick, the upscale marketplace-cafe at the Prudential Center, abruptly shuttered its doors yesterday and is unlikely to reopen, leaving a big hole to fill in the Boston shopping complex.
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In a dramatic plea for understanding, Archbishop Sean P. O&#39;Malley yesterday described his effort to close parishes as &#39;&#39;personally repulsive to me,&quot; but
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WORCESTER -- Close . . . but not quite. Holy Cross, in search of its first win in more than a year, suffered its second straight last-minute home loss yesterday, dropping a 42-35 decision to Patriot League foe Fordham at Fitton Field.
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Eight congregations in the Virginia Diocese of the Episcopal Church voted overwhelming to break away, the Church announced on Sunday, in the latest sign of a rift in the U.S. denomination over its ordination of a gay bishop.
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Colin Riley has gone obediently to Mass since boyhood, but he was mumbling apologies for raw words the other day to a statue of Jesus in the quiet sanctuary of St. Albert the Great. He was seething over efforts to close his church and others around Boston.
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O'Malley, making a rare visit to a parish scheduled to close under the church's restructuring plan, had greeted scores of parishioners after conducting the evening Mass Wednesday at St.
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IPSWICH -- With his ambitions to build homes around an award-winning golf course stalled and his financing depleted, a Boston developer is selling the unfinished project.
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Now that hell froze over in Boston, New England braces for its rarest season -- a winter of content. Red Sox fans are adrift from the familiar torture of the past.
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By Vicki L. Friedman, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 12--SUFFOLK -- Andrew Cospelich packed a few bags a year ago for a trip to Alabama, never dreaming it would be the last time he would set foot in his house.   But home was Gulfport, Miss., devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
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BOSTON Boston&#39;s Archbishop is telling catholics that the church&#39;s financial footing is &quot;much worse than people realize.
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A protest vigil at a parish scheduled to be closed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston ended Sunday when the police sealed off the 114-year-old
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Boston isn't the cheapest place to do business. Living and housing costs are steep. And you can't play golf year round.
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By Adrian Walker, The Boston Globe  Jun. 12--This is the kind of standoff politicians specialize in: Everyone  has agreed for close to a decade that the battered coastline in Winthrop is in  desperate need of repair.   But that's where the consensus ends.
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Police arrested two parishioners who attempted a vigil to keep the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston from closing their 114-year-old parish, one of 83 churches slated to be shut down or consolidated by year's end.
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NATICK, Mass. Police have broken up a protest vigil at a parish that&#39;s being closed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.
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SAN ANTONIO -- A freak meteorological occurrence prompted thoughts of Boston breaking its long losing streak in San Antonio. When the Celtics arrived in town Saturday, the nearby city of Victoria, Texas, was recovering from a storm that dumped 10 inches of snow. It was the first time Victoria enjoyed a white Christmas since 1918. But New England weather in ...