Local religious educators are honored with Pope Pius X Award

Story and photos by Julie Beaulieu

PITTSFIELD – “This is a wonderful honor,” said Karen Blefari of St. Agnes Parish in Dalton after receiving the Pope Pius X Award

Cathedral High School honors seven with 2013 St. Joseph Award

Story and photos by Terence Hegarty

SPRINGFIELD – The 13^th annual St. Joseph Dinner to benefit Cathedral High School and honor alumni members who’ve

Tornadoes exact deadly toll in Oklahoma; area needs 'a lot of prayers'

(CNS photos/Gene Blevins, Reuters) 

By Catholic News Service
OKLAHOMA CITY (CNS) -- Even after the initial death toll was cut by more than half, the human and material devastation of a string

Vermont now 'death state' with doctor-assisted suicide law, bishop says

By Joseph Austin, Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Now that Vermont allows "doctor-prescribed suicide," the "magnificent landscape of this state, which echoes life