UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS are very outspoken regarding our beliefs and we consider ourselves a vital, progressive spiritual and religious movement. As a faith that centers on covenant – our promises to […]
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Supreme Court weighs whether Christian flag can fly at Boston City Hall
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. THERE ARE THREE flagpoles outside Boston City Hall. One flies the United States flag. Another flies the Massachusetts […]
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Michael Rodrigues takes up cause of restoring Azorean Jewish heritage
PICTURES OF THE old synagogue show a decrepit building with peeling paint, broken furniture, and rotting wood. Prayer books were ripped. There were water leaks, vermin, and structural damage. It […]
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Pandemic prayers: COVID is reshaping organized religion
IT HAS BEEN more than a year since Temple Beth Zion, a nondenominational Jewish synagogue in Brookline, closed its physical doors. The synagogue started holding daily prayer services for the first […]
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Religious school faculty not exempt from anti-discrimination laws
A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE cannot classify all its faculty as “ministers” if they do not have explicitly religious duties, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Friday, in a decision that could have a […]
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Shining our light in trying times
OUR SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS teach us that even in the most trying of times, an eternal light shines through and guides us towards building a more just and compassionate society. Thanks […]
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On church reopening, a muted ‘amen’
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Monday gave houses of worship permission to open immediately, with precautions. But worshippers seeking an in-person service this weekend may have limited options. Many congregational leaders […]
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Keeping the faith in the coronavirus era
WHILE HEROIC HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS are on the front lines, putting themselves at risk as they care for patients being ravaged by the novel coronavirus, faith leaders and their congregations are […]
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Keeping the faith in coronavirus era
While heroic health care providers are on the front lines, putting themselves at risk as they care for patients being ravaged by the novel coronavirus, faith leaders and their congregations […]
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Keeping the faith in coronavirus era
While heroic health care providers are on the front lines, putting themselves at risk as they care for patients being ravaged by the novel coronavirus, faith leaders and their congregations […]
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End the religious exemption to vaccines
MEASLES IS ON the rise. It is a highly contagious, serious and potentially fatal disease that is completely preventable – but only if everyone who can be vaccinated is vaccinated. […]
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Amherst church is now his home
ON THE VERGE of being deported last summer, Lucio Perez took sanctuary in the First Congregational Church in Amherst. He hasn’t left since. Perez is one of three people in […]
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SJC: Corporal punishment excludes foster parents
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE STATE’S HIGHEST COURT on Monday upheld the Department of Children and Families’ 2013 decision to deny the application of potential foster parents because of their […]
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The holy media wars
The Boston Globe built some serious buzz for its soon-to-come Catholic website on Wednesday by unveiling the site’s name (Crux) and by breaking the Eighth Commandment by stealing columnist Margery […]
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Pope wants a church rich in faith, not in wealth
Pope Francis I is affecting change in an institution that measures such seismic shifts in centuries, not months. Not only is he moderating the tone of the Catholic Church on […]
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The Catholic Church’s gay fixation
It must be confusing to be Catholic today. On the one hand, you have a pope who is softening the church’s tone on gays, abortion, and other hot button issues. […]
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On a mission from God in East Boston
Another front line has opened up in the battle over an East Boston casino: Multifaith coalitions. Friends of East Boston, a group of neighborhood ministers, announced their campaign against the […]
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Holy See change
This ain’t Pope Benedict’s Catholic Church any more. Benedict’s successor, Pope Francis, signaled he intends to take the church in a very different direction on such issues as abortion, gay […]
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Romney’s Etch A Sketch for the home stretch
It was way back in March, about a million Twitter news cycles ago, that Mitt Romney’s man behind the curtain, Eric Fehrnstrom, announced what nearly anyone who has followed Romney’s […]
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The Catholic church is finding its lost voice
Most everyone over the age of 30 remembers a time when the Catholic Church was a dominant force in social, cultural, and political issues, especially here in Massachusetts. Richard Cardinal […]
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Oh, ye of little faith
Religion and politics are two topics my Boston Irish clan was forbidden from discussing at the Sunday dinner table. Which would have made for some very quiet dinners had we […]