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A Marian shrine for persecuted Christians to open in Massachusetts

October 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Deacon Ebrahim Lallo, a Syriac Catholic Deacon from the town of Bartella, Iraq, painted the icon “Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians,” which will be in the shrine in Clinton, Massachusetts. / Photo credit: Father Benedict Kiely

Boston, Mass…. […]

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Bishop McManus: “He tapped me on the cheek and said, ‘Be a good bishop.” 

May 5, 2022 Jim Graves 36

Bishop Robert J. McManus, 70, is the fifth bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts. He is a faithful prelate whose stand for Catholic orthodoxy has brought him criticism by activist groups. Last month, for example, protestors gathered […]

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Holy Cross College students enter fray with Worcester bishop over gay pride, BLM flags

April 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 9

American, gay pride, and BLM flags being flown at Nativity School of Worcester in Worcester, Mass. / Joe Bukuras/CNA.

Worcester, Mass., Apr 11, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
Students, staff, and alumni at the College of the Holy Cross are petitioning … […]

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Bishop asks Catholic middle school to take down gay pride, Black Lives Matter flags

April 5, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

Nativity School of Worcester, a Jesuit middle school in the diocese of Worcester is risking its Catholic status by refusing to remove a gay pride flag and a Black Lives Matter flag from its flag pole, per the request of the local ordinary, Bisho… […]

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