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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 — Andrew Medichini/Associated Press

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

More than 130 US bishops ? 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.

JEFF JACOBY

Three reasons to vote No on Question 3

The law was a mistake, and voters should reject it.

Building facade collapse in Allston leaves two injured

The top of the facade crashed onto the sidewalk at 85 Harvard Ave. Sunday afternoon. The building houses the Common Ground bar and restaurant.

It?s a bird, it?s a plane. No, it?s baby Trump.

On Sunday, President Trump came to Boston ahead of the midterms in the form of a giant, diaper-clad inflatable infant with smartphone in hand.

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?

CHAD FINN | UNCONVENTIONAL PREVIEW

Let?s not confuse Aaron Rodgers with Tom Brady as the greatest QB of all time

Sunday night, the greatest quarterback of all time will collect one more win.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

What?s up with Gronk?

Rob Gronkowski hasn?t visited the end zone since Week 1, and it has not gone unnoticed.

Rain expected for most of the week

After a dose of sun Sunday, Boston will see a week with more wet days than dry.

GARY WASHBURN | SUNDAY BASKETBALL NOTES

After all these years, Bob Cousy knew he needed to reach out to Bill Russell

Cousy had deep regrets over not being more supportive of his former Celtics teammate, who endured racism in Boston.

Why is this environmental group staying 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.

Baker, Gonzalez diverge on visions for health care

The Democratic challenger backs a government-run single-payer program, while the governor has focused on a measured approach.

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Georgia secretary of state cites voter database hacking attempt, gives no evidence

The statement from Brian Kemp?s office says it is investigating the state Democratic Party in connection with the hacking attempt, but it offered no evidence and didn?t specify allegations.

Candidate chides ?SNL?s? Pete Davidson over eyepatch joke

A Texas Republican congressional candidate has chided ?Saturday Night Live? comic Pete Davidson for poking fun of the eyepatch he wears because he was badly wounded during his third tour in Afghanistan as a Navy SEAL.

Ideas | Thomas Levenson

Research on gun suicides shows the enemy is inside the house

Public-health researchers have studied suicides for decades, and they?ve learned something important about how to potentially save many victims.

BuzzSaw | Matthew Gilbert

Confessions of an overwhelmed TV critic

I used to watch everything. Now I can?t. So how do I decide?

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

FILE -- In this Oct. 2, 2018 file photo, a Palestinian protester from Birzeit University throws stones during clashes with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. President Donald Trump?s assertion that stones thrown by Latin American protesters at American troops should be treated as ?rifles? has sparked debate about the appropriate response to rock throwing crowds -- particularly after Nigerian troops appeared to use his comments as justification for a deadly crackdown on demonstrators. From the Gaza Strip to Africa to Europe, security forces have long dealt with stone throwers, albeit in very different ways. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Stone throwers face different fates across the globe

FILE - In this June 2, 2018 file photo, Ariana Grande performs at Wango Tango in Los Angeles. Grande will perform at the funeral for Aretha Franklin on Friday, Aug. 31. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Ariana Grande?s new song references exes Davidson, Miller

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 25, 2018 a man walks away past campaign signs after voting during early voting at a community center in Potomac, Maryland, two weeks ahead of the key US midterm polls. - Millions of Americans will be barred from casting ballots in the November 6, 2018 crucial midterm elections due to electoral rules at the state level, which effectively exclude many minority voters to the detriment of Democrats.Nearly six million Americans are excluded from voting because they are imprisoned, on parole or awaiting sentencing. African-Americans, who are overrepresented in the US penal system, are four times more likely to be unable to vote than the rest of the population, according to The Sentencing Project, a nonprofit organization. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

Obama, Trump clash in final pitches to midterm voters

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

People gather by the stacks of flowers near memorials outside the Tree of Life Synagogue after a service on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, in Pittsburgh. Eleven people were killed and six others injured in a shooting during services there Oct. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Synagogue shooting worst of many hateful attacks in October

GREEN BAY, WI - OCTOBER 15: Clay Matthews #52 of the Green Bay Packers sacks C.J. Beathard #3 of the San Francisco 49ers in the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field on October 15, 2018 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

Packers? defense will show a lot of looks to Patriots

Veteran Harvard admissions dean faces challenge to his legacy

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

Red Sox manager Cora brings trophy to Puerto Rico

?David Ortiz? is back on ?Saturday Night Live?

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

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

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

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

JOHN POWERS

Cora brought out the best in Red Sox

Sports

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Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia won the men?s New York City Marathon on Sunday.

Lelisa Desisa, Mary Keitany are men?s, women?s winners of New York City Marathon

Desisa bested fellow Ethiopian Shura Kitata in the men?s race by just two seconds.

Metro

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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.

Globe Local

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Cambridge Ma 08092016 Zagster bike sharing has a location in the Cambridge Discovery Park complex parking garage. Globe/Staff Photographer Jonathan Wiggs

WEST OF BOSTON

Bike-share programs push deeper into suburbs

The Minuteman Bike Share, which started operating with two Zagster stations in Lexington last year, recently added five new stations in Acton, Maynard, and Concord.

Politics

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Senator Elizabeth Warren and challenger Geoff Diehl.

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.

Nation & World

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MARGATE, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 04: Ross Edgley of England celebrates finishing his 'Great British Swim', an historic 2,000 mile swim around Great Britain on November 4, 2018 in Margate, England. (Photo by Luke Walker/Getty Images for Red Bull)

Adventurer completes 157-day, 1,791-mile swim around Britain

A 33-year-old British endurance athlete stepped ashore on an English beach Sunday, becoming the first person to swim around the coast of Great Britain.

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

Amazon is said to be favoring Northern Virginia for new headquarters

Amazon was reported to be in ?advanced talks? about locating its hotly sought-after second headquarters to Arlington, Va., just outside Washington, D.C.

Arts

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Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark (with Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister) on ?Game of Thrones.?

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.?

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

Globe staff photos of the month, October 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: fall colors, Halloween, and a World Series victory.

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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

It?s a bird, it?s a plane. No, it?s baby Trump.

Imagine if Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers swapped lives

Research on gun suicides shows the enemy is inside the house

Globe must-reads

Stone throwers face different fates across the globe

Ariana Grande?s new song references exes Davidson, Miller

Obama, Trump clash in final pitches to midterm voters

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

Synagogue shooting worst of many hateful attacks in October

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

Packers? defense will show a lot of looks to Patriots

Veteran Harvard admissions dean faces challenge to his legacy

Red Sox manager Cora brings trophy to Puerto Rico

?David Ortiz? is back on ?Saturday Night Live?

Which US House, Senate races to watch on Tuesday

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

JOHN POWERS

Cora brought out the best in Red Sox

Lelisa Desisa, Mary Keitany are men?s, women?s winners of New York City Marathon

BU researchers make first link from severe CTE to genes

WEST OF BOSTON

Bike-share programs push deeper into suburbs

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

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

Nation & World

Adventurer completes 157-day, 1,791-mile swim around Britain

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

Amazon is said to be favoring Northern Virginia for new headquarters

TV Critic?s Corner

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

HELP DESK

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

Globe staff photos of the month, October 2018

Real Estate

Crossword

Losing Laura

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