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Those who’ll be going to watch the movie ‘Spotlight’ should also go and visit the “Little Rome” in Boston. ‘Spotlight’ is about the Boston Globe’s initial investigation on priest pedophilia (and making Michael Keaton richer than what he already is). “Little Rome” in Boston is the testament written-in-stone of the once-upon-a-time seat of Catholic power of infamous Cardinal Bernard Law (a character in the movie) and where visiting Pope John Paul II slept — which is now owned by Boston College. As the New York Times reported, “The conversion of the cardinals’ residence is the final step in the transformation of a leafy expanse on the western edge of Boston that was once so packed with Catholic institutions — a seminary, a college, the residence and the archdiocesan headquarters — that it was referred to as Little Rome.” The “Little Rome” in Boston is a reminder that — the beginning is not what counts – but – the ending is what matters. “Little Rome” in Boston now joins the ranks of prime real estate of many Catholic churches, especially in New York, that are being shut down and sold for other (secular) uses — just as the New York Times aptly entitled its article, Seat of Boston’s Catholic Power Gives Way to Other Pursuits
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