John Mulligan

11/25/2009

Politics of religion: Kennedys and the Catholic Church
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When the archbishop of Boston said John F. Kennedy’s funeral Mass in 1963, he departed from the Latin text to address the late president in English. “May the angels, dear Jack, lead you into Paradise,” said Richard Cardinal Cushing. “May the martyrs receive you at your coming.”

11/23/2009

Providence bishop disputes Kennedy’s take on Communion message
Providence bishop says he did not instruct Rhode Island priests to deny congressman the sacrament

11/22/2009

Kennedy: Barred from Communion
Congressman says he was told by Bishop Thomas J. Tobin not to take the sacrament

11/11/2009

Senate Democrats seek passage of health-care bills by Christmas
Debate could begin next week though abortion remains stumbling block

11/06/2009

Kennedy predicts ‘Carcieri fix’ bill might pass
WASHINGTON — Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy said Thursday that a bill to reverse a U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking special land status for the Narragansett Indian tribe could become law during this Congress.

10/30/2009

Kennedy, Tobin agree to meet
The two are locked in a dispute over health-care reform and how it deals with abortion