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Military veterans are challening the Boston Fire Department's plan to hire 15 Spanish-speakers firefighters as part of the next 50-person class. The Puppy Pipeline Rescue brought 40 puppies to the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem from Georgia shelters as the South recovers from a series of tornadoes. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

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... more ›

If the adage no news is good news holds true; Bostonist is always a little uneasy when we read a lead in to a report like this: "The Archdiocese of Boston has convened a secret tribunal..." This story, however, has a miraculous twist. Cardinal John Henry Newman has been put forth to the Vatican to cannomize the late Cardinal on the process of becoming a saint. According to Catholic law, canonization of an individual into sainthood goes through a number of stages. Pope John Paul II (or JP Deuce as Bostonist has a habit of calling him) had found Cardinal Newman to be venerable during his term as Pope. There had been no evidence of a miraculous event made apparent to the Pope, but recently a claim has been made by a Boston man. Praying to Cardinal Newman allowed the Boston Deacon to experience a full recovery, which could be deemed by the special, secret tribunal in set up by the Boston Archdiocese as a miracle. more ›

With the death of Pope John Paul II last week Bostonist brought up some questions that still plague the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. Of course we weren’t alone. Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests or "SNAP" is staging a protest of the mass offered in honor of the Pope by Cardinal Bernard Law in Rome. Cardinal Law left his position as head of the Boston Archdiocese because he reassigned priests and swept allegations of sexual abuse under the carpet. SNAP (Bostonist really likes their acronym) is protesting the involvement of Cardinal Law in the memorial masses of the late Pontiff. more ›

Bostonist went over to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End yesterday to pay respects to Pope John Paul II at a mass offered in his honor at 4 p.m. It was only appropriate that we went, Bostonist felt bad when we missed out on the Easter services because we were too busy nursing 12 cavities after taking Gothamist’s advice on what to do with your candy. We liked Pope John Paul... more ›

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