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Cecilia Hadley

Tolkien's world, still popular on the big screen, began with faith and words

Father Robert M. O'Grady

The Christmas creche

Archbishop Richard G. Henning

Be the carol

Scott Hahn

A mother's greeting

Msgr. Frank Kelley

Parish priests and their people

Maureen Crowley Heil

Give a Christmas Gift to the Missions

A visual tour of the Holy Doors Pope Francis will open for the 2025 Jubilee

Pope, suffering a cold, focuses on mothers and children before Christmas

Pope, bishops, hundreds of faithful pray for victims of shocking Christmas market attack

Curia's role is to help bring God's blessing to the world, pope says

Archdiocese to open Jubilee Year with Dec. 29 cathedral Mass

Women Affirming Life sees record turnout at annual gathering

Cheverus profiles: Maureen McRae of St. Theresa Parish, North Reading

Ecumenical group connects through historic hymns at Ipswich parish

'La Morenita' musical celebrates Our Lady of Guadalupe in Lawrence

Wrap-up of the archdiocesan Catholic high school football season

A visual tour of the Holy Doors Pope Francis will open for the 2025 Jubilee

Dec. 22 2024
CNA STAFF

The rite of opening the Holy Doors of the main basilicas of Rome to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee Year is perhaps one of the most solemn events of the Catholic...

Pope, suffering a cold, focuses on mothers and children before Christmas

Dec. 22 2024
CINDY WOODEN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer from inside the chapel of his residence because of a cold, Pope Francis nevertheless...

Pope, bishops, hundreds of faithful pray for victims of shocking Christmas market attack

Dec. 22 2024
OSV NEWS

MAGDEBURG, Germany (OSV News) -- Several hundred people gathered at Magdeburg Cathedral in the evening of Dec. 21 for an ecumenical prayer service to remember...

Curia's role is to help bring God's blessing to the world, pope says

Dec. 22 2024
CINDY WOODEN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The cardinals, bishops, priests, religious and laypeople who work in the Roman Curia are called to spread the blessings of God, but...

Trump names CatholicVote's Brian Burch as next Holy See ambassador

Dec. 20 2024
KATE SCANLON, OSV NEWS

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 20 announced his intention to appoint Brian Burch, currently the president of CatholicVote,...

Israeli minister asks pope to clarify remarks about genocide claims in Gaza

Dec. 20 2024
CAROL GLATZ, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ROME (CNS) -- Israel's minister of diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism asked Pope Francis to clarify his remarks about the need to investigate...

Archdiocese to open Jubilee Year with Dec. 29 cathedral Mass

Dec. 20 2024
WES CIPOLLA, PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- On the Sunday after Christmas, the Archdiocese of Boston will join the Holy Father and the rest of the Catholic Church in celebrating a Jubilee...

Women Affirming Life sees record turnout at annual gathering

Dec. 20 2024
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- Almost 180 people attended Women Affirming Life's Mass and Brunch at the Archdiocese of Boston Pastoral Center in Braintree on Dec. 7,...

Cheverus profiles: Maureen McRae of St. Theresa Parish, North Reading

Dec. 20 2024
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

NORTH READING -- Maureen McRae arrived at St. Theresa Parish in North Reading at 8:40 a.m. on the foggy morning of Dec. 10, her well-loved Roman Missal...

Ecumenical group connects through historic hymns at Ipswich parish

Dec. 20 2024
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

IPSWICH -- A rustic sound, simple and powerful in its joy and earnestness, chimed through the Our Lady of Hope parish hall in Ipswich on the icy afternoon...

'La Morenita' musical celebrates Our Lady of Guadalupe in Lawrence

Dec. 20 2024
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

LAWRENCE -- An armored conquistador works on a laptop in the former St. Mary of the Assumption School gymnasium in Lawrence, surrounded by the myriad knobs...

Wrap-up of the archdiocesan Catholic high school football season

Dec. 20 2024
COMPILED PATRICK E. O'CONNOR SPECIAL TO THE PILOT

Central Catholic, Lawrence, vs. Lawrence High Playing at the venerable Fenway Park on Thanksgiving Eve, the Central Catholic Raiders ended a successful...