Massachusetts and Boston Catholics are joining the faithful around the world in celebrating the election of the first American-born pope."Everyone was, you know, prognosticating. But we got a surprise ...

Pope Leo XIV, who was elected to the role of leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, received an honorary degree from Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts, in 2005.

Alice (Vinas Leakeas) Harkins, a longtime resident of Lowell, MA, passed away ... retired from Raytheon in Andover. A devoted member of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Lowell, she received ...

In Pope Leo XIV's first greeting after being introduced as pope May 8, he described himself as a "son of St. Augustine." The ...

Villanova University is an Augustinian institution. The Augustinians also sponsor Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts, along with several high schools and many Catholic parishes.

The first American pope has ties to Massachusetts. Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago who graduated from Villanova University, received an honorary degree from ...

Country music star and Grammy-winner Zach Bryan purchased a historic former church in Massachusetts to help revive a project ...

Country music star Zach Bryan is buying an old church in Lowell to honor the legacy of famous American novelist and Massachusetts native Jack Kerouac. The Grammy-winner has bought the historic ...

Pope Leo XIV, who became the worldwide leader for more than 1 billion Catholics on Thursday, earned an honorary degree from a Massachusetts college years ago.

Sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents around Lowell have once again gained attention, with ...

We asked Boston.com readers what they thought of the new design, and a majority  felt negatively about the renovation.