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Boston City Councilor John Connolly found expired food in the kitchens at four Boston schools. The Federal Highway Administration may require some large Hub billboards, including the TD Garden Budweiser sign, to be removed. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
- Budget Cut Redux: Gov. Deval Patrick plans to save the state's new film-industry tax credit while advocates for residents of Massachusetts with mental illnesses are concerned about cuts to social services. [Boston Herald]
- The father of the Boston special officer who shot and killed the man who stabbed the psychiatrist discussed his son with the media. [Boston Globe]
Saturday was a day filled with sadness, humor and hope for the Kennedy family. All three were embodied in the funeral Mass by the address given by Teddy Kennedy Jr., who, while normally outside of the public glare that accompanies his surname, certainly inherited the Kennedy voice. He was emotional as he recalled his father telling him "there is nothing you can't do" to encourage him after he lost his leg to cancer.
What sounds like a really bad joke came true on Friday when Fox News Channel produced Raymond Flynn - yes, that one - as an expert commentator on the first-ever meeting between President Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI that took place at the Vatican this morning. Flynn, Mayor of Boston from 1984-93, served as Ambassador to the the Holy See while Bill Clinton was president, which apparently makes him the voice of American Catholics. The meeting with the Pope is more important to Obama, Flynn said, because he believes Obama has not been open to Catholics as president despite the importance of the Catholic voting bloc. Flynn said the two leaders would seek common ground on issues they agree on, which proves Flynn can observe the obvious. Two really odd comments: Flynn said the Notre Dame issue wouldn't come up, which seemed to disappoint him. Flynn also described the Pontiff as "dogmatic," and appeared to use it as a compliment. No video of Flynn's appearance was available yet.
Pope Benedict XVI may have flirted with Boston and batted his eyelashes a little, but he dumped us for New York and DC when he comes to visit the United States in April. At first, we thought maybe the alleged exploits of Father David Ajemian somehow got back to Pope Benedict XVI, and he decided he'd finally had it up to here with Boston. No amount of pleading from Cardinal Sean O'Malley was going to...
Earlier this week Cardinal Sean O'Malley invited Pope Benedict XVI to Boston during his planned 2008 visit to the United States. The Pope has planned a trip to visit the United Nations in New York and O'Malley suggests that a short trip up from the NYC in the pope-mobile might be in order. The Globe quotes O'Malley as saying "Given everything Boston has been through, having the Holy Father come, I think, would be a...
Bostonist had our eyes on the altar this morning as we awaited the late breaking news from Italy. It wasn’t Torino but that sovereignty tucked away in Rome we like to call the Vatican. While the paper reported today that there was an impending list, and our very own Archbishop might be in the top ten, we heard it on the radio and found the release online. The Vatican announced today that Archbishop Sean, as he asked to be called when he was appointed in 2003, will be elevated to the rank of Cardinal on March 24.
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