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Pope Francis celebrated a Mass for the closing of the synod of bishops in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sunday — Associated Press/Andrew Medichini

Catholic bishops promised reform in the sex-abuse scandal. But they didn?t look at their own misdeeds

More than 130 US bishops ? or nearly one-third of those still living ? have been accused during their careers of failing to adequately respond to sexual misconduct in their dioceses, according to a Boston Globe and Philadelphia Inquirer examination.

Don?t forget to turn back your clocks this weekend

Time marches ahead, usually, but it was in retreat early Sunday.

BU researchers make first link from severe CTE to genes

In a small study published Saturday, the team of scientists found people with a certain gene variant were more likely to have worse effects of the degenerative brain disease.

Are you ready to vote this week? Here?s our 2018 election guide

The November elections are just days away: Are you ready to vote?

Elizabeth Warren returns to Mass. for final push in race with Geoff Diehl

The senator began a three-day swing across the state after stumping this week for candidates in Ohio and Wisconsin.

The biggest environmental group in Mass. remains neutral in governor?s race

The Environmental League of Massachusetts endorsed 58 candidates this year and all but two are Democrats. But it opted out of backing gubernatorial candidate Jay Gonzalez.

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Stowe Village offers plenty to do with its shops, museums, and a snowshoe-ready recreation path. — Mark Vandenberg

Even if you don?t like hitting the slopes, you?ll love these New England ski towns

If the idea of putting two sticks on your feet and hurtling down a mountain in the freezing cold is not your idea of a jolly old time, know this: It has never been easier to go on a ?ski trip? and never actually ski.

In midterms, Democrats eye a wall of their own ? the Blue Wall

In 2016, voters in the upper Midwest sided with Donald Trump. Two years later, Democrats could make major gains in House and governor races across the region they once saw as a stronghold.

Veteran Harvard admissions dean facing challenge to his legacy in trial

William Fitzsimmons has run the university?s undergraduate admissions operation for 32 years and has become something of an institution in Cambridge.

Caguas, PR --11/03/2018-- Red Sox manager Alex Cora returns to his hometown with the World Series trophy. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Cora Reporter: Maria Cramer — Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

In Cora, we believe: Red Sox manager brings trophy back to a joyous Puerto Rico

The first Puerto Rican manager to win the World Series spread some cheer in his hometown Caguas, a year after the city was devastated by Hurricane Maria.

PACKERS AT PATRIOTS | SUNDAY, 8:20 P.M. (NBC)

Patriots? keys to victory over the Packers

Sunday night?s showdown at Gillette Stadium will be the first meeting between the teams since 2014.

With the infrastructure in New England, would Aaron Rodgers have gotten to more than one Super Bowl? — Denis Poroy/Getty Images

NORA PRINCIOTTI

Imagine if Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers swapped lives

Could the star quarterbacks have replicated one another?s successes with their respective teams?

NAMES

Steven Tyler would like to officiate Justin Bieber and Hayley Baldwin?s wedding

The Aerosmith frontman recently became an ordained minister online.

TV Critic?s Corner

?Game of Thrones? to Trump: Write your own slogan

The president had tweeted a photo of himself with the words ?Sanctions Are Coming.?

Come see Globe Live

After two sold-out seasons, Globe Live ? a live storytelling show featuring the Globe?s top journalists ? returns to the Emerson Paramount Center Nov. 3 & 4.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial Board Endorsement

Time for a change in Maine?s Second District: Jared Golden for Congress

It?s time for Maine to replace Representative Bruce Poliquin, the lone Republican left in the New England Congressional delegation.

Editorial Board Endorsement

Chris Pappas for New Hampshire?s First District

The congressional candidate embodies core Democratic values, tempered by civil discourse.

Globe must-reads

Amazon?s HQ2 may be headed to Virginia

Manager Alex Cora brought the World Series trophy to a Celtics game.

JOHN POWERS

Cora brought out the best in Red Sox

A woman spoke with a police officer outside Temple Emanuel in Newton on Saturday.

Warren: Danger posed by anti-Semitism is ?tangible?

FILE - This combination of file photos shows North Dakota U.S. Senate candidates in the November 2018 election from left, incumbent Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and her Republican challenger Kevin Cramer. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)

Which US House, Senate races to watch on Tuesday

Members of the cultural exchange project Hands Across the Hills in Leverett reflected on the one-year anniversary of getting together with residents from Kentucky to talk about their similarities and difference.

When red and blue America talked, and danced

Despite a shaky postseason, free agent Craig Kimbrel is a reliable closer and bringing him back would make sense at the right cost.

PETER ABRAHAM

Looking at Sox? contracts for 2019

Trump: Dems want to take ?wrecking ball? to economy

Paul J. DeCologero, inmate at United States Penitentiary Hazelton. (cropped from image on Facebook) Photo: Facebook

Bulger suspect?s brother says families had bad blood

Governor Charlie Baker attended a campaign event at the South Cove residences in Chinatown Friday.

Baker largely steering clear of GOP candidates

Nurses marched around the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., in 2001 in support of a staffing ratio law to lower the number of patients per nurse in hospitals.

Calif.?s nurse staffing law offers lessons for Mass.

The National Rifle Association?s headquarters in Fairfax, Va.

Gun issues put GOP, NRA on the defensive

Mary Humble (center), her daughter Deirdre Hutchison (right), and her granddaughter Georgina Hutchison (left) all study at UMass Lowell.

Three generations of women in one family at UMass Lowell

Sports

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Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo, right, passes the basketball defended by Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown during an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/R Brent Smith)

PACERS 102, CELTICS 101

Pacers put away Celtics on Victor Oladipo?s 3-pointer

The Indiana star hit the winning shot with 3.4 seconds left, snapping Boston?s four-game winning streak.

Metro

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Bald eagle in Barnstable euthanized after eating poisoned rat

A bald eagle had to be euthanized on Cape Cod after it ate a poisoned rat and fell critically ill, state wildlife officials said.

Politics

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Jay Gonzalez and Governor Charlie Baker.

Gubernatorial candidates rally for votes as election draws near

Governor Charlie Baker returned to the state GOP?s home base Saturday, while his challenger, Jay Gonzalez, crisscrossed the state.

Nation & World

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From left, Staff Sergeant Bryan C. Black, Staff Sergeant Jeremiah W. Johnson, Sergeant La David Johnson, and Staff Sergeant Dustin M. Wright were killed in the 2017 attack.

An operation in Niger went fatally awry. Who is the Army punishing?

The Army has punished two members of the Special Forces team ambushed in Niger last October. Four others in their chain of command were also disciplined.

Columnists

Renée Graham

Not voting is lame. I should know

Boston -5/25/16- The gender- neutral bathrooms on the 5th floor of Boston City Hall across from the reception area for the Mayor's office.Boston Globe staff Photo by John Tlumacki (lifestyle)

JEFF JACOBY

Three reasons to vote No on Question 3

Supporters of US President Donald Trump look on before he arrives for a campaign rally at Southport High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, on November 2, 2018. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP)NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images

Michael A. Cohen

A Trump rally can feel like an alternate universe

Onlookers watch and cheer at a hospital in Chiang Rai city as ambulances deliver boys rescued from a cave in northern Thailand.

BEVERLY BECKHAM

Yearning to believe in our goodness

The 1912 champion Red Sox (that?s Smoky Joe Wood waving his cap up at top).

Bob Ryan

Best Sox team? 1912 club like a word

In this Oct. 9, 2018, photo Gabby Salinas, Democratic candidate for State Senate seat in District 31, poses for a photo in Germantown, Tenn. Salinas faces GOP state Sen. Brian Kelsey, who didn?t even have a Democratic challenger four years ago. (Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal via AP)

Michael A. Cohen

Down South, Democrats emerge from shadows

President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, from a campaign rally in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

SCOT LEHIGH

The Great Trumpkin?s powers are fading

WORCESTER, MA - AUGUST 23: David Hogg, Parkland shooting survivor and activist givess an interview before the kick off of the 50 Miles More walk against gun violence which will end with a protest at the Smith and Wesson Firearms factory on August 23, 2018 in Worcester, Massachusetts. After the Parkland, Florida mass shooting, 50 Miles More was organized to engage young people in the effort to bring about gun reform legislation. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

JOAN WICKERSHAM

Who I?m voting for

A nurse responds to an alarm at the Clinic Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital West Campus during her shift.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Will ?a cry for help? from nurses be answered?

A crowd watches as a bus carrying students returns to Columbia Point with broken windows on Sept. 12, 1974, the first day of school under the new busing system put in place to desegregate Boston Public Schools.

Renée Graham

?Whitey? Bulger cemented Boston?s racist image

Littleton, MA--10/16/2018-- House candidate Rick Green talks with voters as he campaigns outside of Littleton Cafe. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 17lowell Reporter:

SCOT LEHIGH

Rick Green and the Big Question

A view of the Rodef Shalom Congregation where the funeral for Tree of Life Congregation mass shooting victims Cecil Rosenthal and David Rosenthal who are brothers will be held October 30, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. - US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania will visit Pittsburgh on October 30, 2018 to show support after a gunman killed 11 people in a massacre at the synagogue on October 27, 2018. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

Indira A.R. Lakshmanan

Attack on Mr. Rogers? neighborhood ? and mine

Business

Hannah Goodwin demonstrated how she helps blind visitors to the MFA use their hands to explore the artworks.

ON THE JOB

She works to make sure the art at the MFA is open to everyone

Hannah Goodwin focuses on the MFA?s accessibility.

Arts

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@LARGE

What would life without ?likes? look like?

Would we interact the same way (if at all) without the ability to click that button?

Travel

The author and his children at Mount Sunapee in New Hampshire.

HELP DESK

Advice from a Ski Dad: Tips on making a family ski trip more fun

Here are some of Globe Sports editor Matt Pepin?s classic Ski Dad moves, gleaned from years of watching other ski fathers and becoming one himself.

Special reports

Inside our Secret Courts

Criminal charges often disappear. There are few rules and fewer records. In these private hearings, who you are ? and who you know ? may be just as important as right and wrong. Read the Spotlight report.

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

Photos: Red Sox 2018 World Series victory parade

For the fourth time this century, the Red Sox rolled through Boston in triumph after winning the World Series.

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2018 midterm elections

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STAT

Voters want lower drug prices, but they?re poised to elect major pharma allies

Tuesday?s elections could install a Senate that includes a pharma CEO and two industry lobbyists.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Until next year, my sweetheart

In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

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Catholic bishops promised reform in the sex-abuse scandal. But they didn?t look at their own misdeeds

Don?t forget to turn back your clocks this weekend

The biggest environmental group in Mass. remains neutral in governor?s race

Even if you don?t like hitting the slopes, you?ll love these New England ski towns

Veteran Harvard admissions dean facing challenge to his legacy in trial

In Cora, we believe: Red Sox manager brings trophy back to a joyous Puerto Rico

Imagine if Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers swapped lives

Globe must-reads

Amazon?s HQ2 may be headed to Virginia

JOHN POWERS

Cora brought out the best in Red Sox

Warren: Danger posed by anti-Semitism is ?tangible?

Which US House, Senate races to watch on Tuesday

When red and blue America talked, and danced

PETER ABRAHAM

Looking at Sox? contracts for 2019

Trump: Dems want to take ?wrecking ball? to economy

Bulger suspect?s brother says families had bad blood

Baker largely steering clear of GOP candidates

Calif.?s nurse staffing law offers lessons for Mass.

Gun issues put GOP, NRA on the defensive

Three generations of women in one family at UMass Lowell

PACERS 102, CELTICS 101

Pacers put away Celtics on Victor Oladipo?s 3-pointer

Bald eagle in Barnstable euthanized after eating poisoned rat

House from ?Star Trek: The Next Generation? listed for $5.7 million

Gubernatorial candidates rally for votes as election draws near

Nation & World

An operation in Niger went fatally awry. Who is the Army punishing?

Toyota recalls over 1 million vehicles to fix air bag problem

Columnists

Renée Graham

Not voting is lame. I should know

JEFF JACOBY

Three reasons to vote No on Question 3

Michael A. Cohen

A Trump rally can feel like an alternate universe

BEVERLY BECKHAM

Yearning to believe in our goodness

Bob Ryan

Best Sox team? 1912 club like a word

Michael A. Cohen

Down South, Democrats emerge from shadows

SCOT LEHIGH

The Great Trumpkin?s powers are fading

JOAN WICKERSHAM

Who I?m voting for

JOAN VENNOCHI

Will ?a cry for help? from nurses be answered?

Renée Graham

?Whitey? Bulger cemented Boston?s racist image

SCOT LEHIGH

Rick Green and the Big Question

Indira A.R. Lakshmanan

Attack on Mr. Rogers? neighborhood ? and mine

ON THE JOB

She works to make sure the art at the MFA is open to everyone

@LARGE

What would life without ?likes? look like?

HELP DESK

Advice from a Ski Dad: Tips on making a family ski trip more fun

Photos: Red Sox 2018 World Series victory parade

Real Estate

Crossword

Why malpractice suits in Mass. are not worth the legal fees

The 2017 Women & Power issue

Advice: Grandma thought Grandpa had an affair. Now we know.

Christopher Kimball: Three easy weeknight recipes with an international twist