ReligionMIT Chaplain Resigns After Email Doubting Floyd-Racism LinkThe Archdiocese of Boston asked the Rev. Daniel Patrick Moloney to step down June 9 after he sent an email suggesting that the killing of George Floyd was not an...Local CoverageJun 17, 2020Pope Francis Makes First Trip To U.S. — Here's What You Should KnowPope Francis is in the U.S. for a six-day multi-city tour. Here's a look at what's expected during the pope's first visit to the U.S., plus some other things to...Local CoverageSep 23, 2015An Uptick In Non-Jews Choosing Jewish Circumcision? MaybeThis co-mingling of religious and non-religious realms may have "tricky implications for mohels performing non-Jewish circumcisions," and raise thorny legal questions.Local CoverageJun 23, 2015After A Century, Revere Synagogue Readies To CloseRevere will soon have only one synagogue left, as Congregation Tifereth Israel is closing.ResumeLocal Coverage07:51Jun 16, 2015Mass. Priest Placed On Leave Amid Sexual Abuse AllegationThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has placed a Massachusetts priest on administrative leave after receiving an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor.Local CoverageFeb 8, 2015AdvertisementBoston-Native, Springfield Bishop Being Laid To RestThe Rev. Joseph Maguire's body will lie in state at St. Michael the Archangel's Cathedral in Springfield on Sunday, which will be followed by a prayer vigil.Local CoverageNov 30, 2014Church Members Hold Services At Scott Brown-Owned N.H. PropertyScott Brown is, for now, the landlord of a nascent Evangelical church in Portsmouth.ResumeLocal Coverage05:01Oct 14, 2014Pope To Sex Abuse Victims: I Beg Your ForgivenessPope Francis begged forgiveness Monday from the victims of clergy sex abuse as he held his first meeting with several abuse survivors -- but another victim called the gathering nothing...Local CoverageJul 7, 2014Fall River Catholic Diocese Gets New BishopPope Francis on Thursday appointed The Rev. Edgar Moreira da Cunha, currently an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, as the eighth bishop of Fall River.Local CoverageJul 3, 2014Memorial Service Held In Wellesley For Murdered Teens In IsraelTurning anger into action, not revenge, was the message repeated again and again at the memorial service.ResumeLocal Coverage04:25Jul 3, 2014Sen. Markey: Pope Francis Can Spur Action On Climate ChangeSen. Ed Markey was among a group from the Global Legislators Organization that met with Pope Francis to discuss climate change. Sen. Markey joined WBUR's Morning Edition.ResumeLocal Coverage03:41May 29, 2014Abuse Victims' Leader: Pope's Meeting A 'Gesture'Cardinal Sean O'Malley, the archbishop of Boston, is organizing a meeting between Pope Francis and a group of sex-abuse victims.Local CoverageMay 27, 2014Professor Says Papyrus Fragment Raises Important Questions About Early ChristianityProfessor Karen King joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the Gospel of Jesus's Wife -- a fragment of papyrus that refers to Jesus speaking of a wife. Researchers at Harvard,...ResumeLocal Coverage05:19Apr 10, 2014School Kids' Yoga Class Is Not Religion, Judge RulesA California judge rules that a school-based yoga class for kids is not religion; at the same time yoga for children is taking off throughout the country.Local CoverageJul 2, 2013Boston Cardinal Approves Archdiocese Reshuffle The plan reorganizes the archdiocese's 288 parishes into 135 clusters that share staffing and resources.ResumeLocal Coverage04:15Nov 15, 2012Dalai Lama Urges Compassion In Boston SpeechThe exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said Sunday ethics should be part of every person's education and teaching virtues shouldn't be limited to religion.Local CoverageOct 14, 2012Harvard Scholar: Jesus Talks Of Wife In Ancient ScriptA Harvard professor has unveiled a 4th-century fragment of papyrus that she says is the only existing ancient text in which Jesus explicitly refers to having a wife.Local CoverageSep 18, 2012Plan To Revamp Boston Archdiocese Reaches CardinalA plan to reorganize the Boston Archdiocese's 288 parishes into 135 clusters that share staffing and resources has reached Cardinal Sean O'Malley for final approval.Local CoverageSep 17, 2012ABC: Orthodox Women Told To Be Fruitful, Freeze EggsABC reports that Orthodox rabbis are telling single Jewish women to freeze their eggs by age 38.Local CoverageSep 10, 2012Romney's Mormon Faith Takes Center StageThe Romney campaign has so far downplayed the candidate’s Mormon faith. But that changes Thursday, when a close friend and church colleague from Belmont addresses the convention.ResumeLocal Coverage08:31Aug 30, 2012Next Page
MIT Chaplain Resigns After Email Doubting Floyd-Racism LinkThe Archdiocese of Boston asked the Rev. Daniel Patrick Moloney to step down June 9 after he sent an email suggesting that the killing of George Floyd was not an...Local CoverageJun 17, 2020
Pope Francis Makes First Trip To U.S. — Here's What You Should KnowPope Francis is in the U.S. for a six-day multi-city tour. Here's a look at what's expected during the pope's first visit to the U.S., plus some other things to...Local CoverageSep 23, 2015
An Uptick In Non-Jews Choosing Jewish Circumcision? MaybeThis co-mingling of religious and non-religious realms may have "tricky implications for mohels performing non-Jewish circumcisions," and raise thorny legal questions.Local CoverageJun 23, 2015
After A Century, Revere Synagogue Readies To CloseRevere will soon have only one synagogue left, as Congregation Tifereth Israel is closing.ResumeLocal Coverage07:51Jun 16, 2015
Mass. Priest Placed On Leave Amid Sexual Abuse AllegationThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has placed a Massachusetts priest on administrative leave after receiving an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor.Local CoverageFeb 8, 2015
Boston-Native, Springfield Bishop Being Laid To RestThe Rev. Joseph Maguire's body will lie in state at St. Michael the Archangel's Cathedral in Springfield on Sunday, which will be followed by a prayer vigil.Local CoverageNov 30, 2014
Church Members Hold Services At Scott Brown-Owned N.H. PropertyScott Brown is, for now, the landlord of a nascent Evangelical church in Portsmouth.ResumeLocal Coverage05:01Oct 14, 2014
Pope To Sex Abuse Victims: I Beg Your ForgivenessPope Francis begged forgiveness Monday from the victims of clergy sex abuse as he held his first meeting with several abuse survivors -- but another victim called the gathering nothing...Local CoverageJul 7, 2014
Fall River Catholic Diocese Gets New BishopPope Francis on Thursday appointed The Rev. Edgar Moreira da Cunha, currently an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, as the eighth bishop of Fall River.Local CoverageJul 3, 2014
Memorial Service Held In Wellesley For Murdered Teens In IsraelTurning anger into action, not revenge, was the message repeated again and again at the memorial service.ResumeLocal Coverage04:25Jul 3, 2014
Sen. Markey: Pope Francis Can Spur Action On Climate ChangeSen. Ed Markey was among a group from the Global Legislators Organization that met with Pope Francis to discuss climate change. Sen. Markey joined WBUR's Morning Edition.ResumeLocal Coverage03:41May 29, 2014
Abuse Victims' Leader: Pope's Meeting A 'Gesture'Cardinal Sean O'Malley, the archbishop of Boston, is organizing a meeting between Pope Francis and a group of sex-abuse victims.Local CoverageMay 27, 2014
Professor Says Papyrus Fragment Raises Important Questions About Early ChristianityProfessor Karen King joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the Gospel of Jesus's Wife -- a fragment of papyrus that refers to Jesus speaking of a wife. Researchers at Harvard,...ResumeLocal Coverage05:19Apr 10, 2014
School Kids' Yoga Class Is Not Religion, Judge RulesA California judge rules that a school-based yoga class for kids is not religion; at the same time yoga for children is taking off throughout the country.Local CoverageJul 2, 2013
Boston Cardinal Approves Archdiocese Reshuffle The plan reorganizes the archdiocese's 288 parishes into 135 clusters that share staffing and resources.ResumeLocal Coverage04:15Nov 15, 2012
Dalai Lama Urges Compassion In Boston SpeechThe exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said Sunday ethics should be part of every person's education and teaching virtues shouldn't be limited to religion.Local CoverageOct 14, 2012
Harvard Scholar: Jesus Talks Of Wife In Ancient ScriptA Harvard professor has unveiled a 4th-century fragment of papyrus that she says is the only existing ancient text in which Jesus explicitly refers to having a wife.Local CoverageSep 18, 2012
Plan To Revamp Boston Archdiocese Reaches CardinalA plan to reorganize the Boston Archdiocese's 288 parishes into 135 clusters that share staffing and resources has reached Cardinal Sean O'Malley for final approval.Local CoverageSep 17, 2012
ABC: Orthodox Women Told To Be Fruitful, Freeze EggsABC reports that Orthodox rabbis are telling single Jewish women to freeze their eggs by age 38.Local CoverageSep 10, 2012
Romney's Mormon Faith Takes Center StageThe Romney campaign has so far downplayed the candidate’s Mormon faith. But that changes Thursday, when a close friend and church colleague from Belmont addresses the convention.ResumeLocal Coverage08:31Aug 30, 2012