The head of the largest Roman Catholic diocese in New England says the collections at Christmas Masses will help pay for housing and health care for 745 retired and sick priests. Archdiocese of Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley says church resources haven't been ...

A Catholic priest who was accused of sexual abuse in a case that was settled last month by the Boston Archdiocese has returned to active ministry. Church leaders said Friday that restrictions on the Rev. Eugene Sullivan's "exercise of public ministry" were lifted after an archdiocesan ...