WORCESTER – An outdoor statue of St. Christopher transporting the Christ Child was moved last week from St. Christopher Church to Our Lady of the Rosary Church, where a new shrine was created for it. Father Jonathan J. Slavinskas, pastor of Our Lady of Providence Parish, blessed the shrine and statue after Saturday’s Lord’s Day vigil Mass there.

Bishop Robert P. Reed, an auxiliary bishop of Boston, was celebrating Mass Sunday, the feast of Sts. Anne and Joachim, to close the shrine’s 139th annual Novena to St. Anne.

All four Massachusetts bishops are urging Catholics “to pray for a renewal of reverence for all human life,” as the state senate considers a bill removing current limits on late-term abortions – at 24 weeks of pregnancy and later – in the Commonwealth during the final days of the current legislative session.

"...The proposed elimination of any legal restraint on late-term abortion is, in our judgement, a radical measure which is gravely immoral. Our hope is that the state Senate will not follow the House on this measure." (click for full statement)

PRINCETON – Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where visionaries say the Blessed Mother has been appearing since 1981, is “a very holy place,” and going there is “an opportunity to experience the love of God.”