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Maureen Crowley Heil

Learning from the Missions: Commitment to God's Plan Must be Total

Scott Hahn

Something new

Archbishop Richard G. Henning

Resilient

Sister Nancy Usselmann

'The Chosen' Season Five sets the table for Holy Week

Father Robert M. O'Grady

The Great Vigil

Father Joshua J. Whitfield

Scripture Reflection for April 6, 2025, Fifth Sunday of Lent

Timeline of key events in case of former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick

Kansas pastor fatally shot; Archbishop Naumann prays for priest and perpetrator

Disgraced former cardinal McCarrick dies at 94

British church steps up opposition to 'deeply flawed' assisted suicide bill

Two women religious murdered in Haiti amid that nation's 'way of the Cross'

Fatima shrine will not remove Rupnik mosaic, but suspends promotional use, spokesperson says

Nicaea anniversary inspires faith, strengthens mission, theologians say

Pilgrimage sites host Jubilee Year '24 Hours for the Lord'

Lenten crispelli help preserve Italian tradition in Lawrence

Forming the future: Long-time teacher's lasting impact at St. Bridget School, Framingham

Timeline of key events in case of former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick

Apr. 5 2025
PAUL HARING/ CNS, MARIA WIERING/ OSV NEWS

(OSV News) -- Here is a timeline of key events in the life of the late Theodore E. McCarrick, beginning with his ordination as a priest for the Archdiocese...

Disgraced former cardinal McCarrick dies at 94

Apr. 5 2025
MARIA WIERING, OSV NEWS

(OSV News) -- The disgraced former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, removed from the clerical state in 2019 after revelations of credible allegations of...

Kansas pastor fatally shot; Archbishop Naumann prays for priest and perpetrator

Apr. 5 2025
MARIA WIERING, OSV NEWS

(OSV News) -- The pastor of a parish in Seneca, Kansas, was shot in his rectory and later died of his injuries at a local hospital April 3. In a message...

British church steps up opposition to 'deeply flawed' assisted suicide bill

Apr. 5 2025
JONATHAN LUXMOORE, OSV NEWS

OXFORD, England (OSV News) -- The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has urged renewed opposition to a draft law on assisted suicide, amid...

Two women religious murdered in Haiti amid that nation's 'way of the Cross'

Apr. 5 2025
GINA CHRISTIAN, OSV NEWS

(OSV News) -- Two women religious were murdered March 31 by armed gangs in the city of Mirebalais, Haiti, as long-standing violence continues to further...

Fatima shrine will not remove Rupnik mosaic, but suspends promotional use, spokesperson says

Apr. 5 2025
JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, OSV NEWS

(OSV News) -- A representative of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal said it is not considering the removal of artwork by Father Marko Rupnik...

Pilgrimage sites host Jubilee Year '24 Hours for the Lord'

Apr. 4 2025
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

BOSTON -- Quinn Cunningham often thinks to himself: "Wouldn't it have been awesome to be an apostle?" "Yeah, it would have been," Cunningham, a 25-year-old...

Lenten crispelli help preserve Italian tradition in Lawrence

Apr. 4 2025
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

LAWRENCE -- "Like setting off an atomic bomb." That's how John Capriole described the reaction to the suggestion that there would be no crispelli...

Forming the future: Long-time teacher's lasting impact at St. Bridget School, Framingham

Apr. 4 2025
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

FRAMINGHAM -- Joan Bruce doesn't remember the name of every student in her 37 years of teaching at St. Bridget School in Framingham, but she remembers...

Annual Social Justice Convocation focuses on climate change

Apr. 4 2025
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

DORCHESTER -- Jesuit Father Andrea Vicini, chair of the Boston College Theology Department, describes the crisis of climate change in a way that may be...

Ordination Class of 2025: Deacon Vincenzo Caruso

Apr. 4 2025
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

This is the second article in a series profiling the six men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the...

Haverhill parish offers support through Stephen Ministry volunteers

Apr. 4 2025
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

HAVERHILL -- Elaine Barker has always considered herself "a very positive person." She's not the kind of person who lets things faze her, but this...

El Papa Francisco da su aprobación a tres nuevos santos, entre ellos la primera santa venezolana

Apr. 3 2025
POR JUSTIN MCLELLAN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- El Papa Francisco ha aprobado medidas en el camino para la canonización de tres beatos: un arzobispo católico armenio...

El Papa Francisco reza para que la gente mire menos las pantallas y se conecte más cara a cara

Apr. 3 2025
POR CAROL GLATZ, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- La tecnología debería usarse para mejorar la vida de la gente y para conectar a las personas como miembros de una...

El Señor siempre va en busca de los que están perdidos, dice el Papa

Apr. 3 2025
POR CINDY WOODEN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Incluso cuando una persona parece totalmente perdida e incapaz de encontrar un camino de regreso a Dios, el Señor ya...

En concentraciones, marchas y audiencias, activistas provida piden protección para los no nacidos y otras vidas vulnerables

Apr. 3 2025
POR GEORGE P. MATYSEK JR., OSV NEWS

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (OSV News) -- Casi cinco meses después de que los habitantes de Maryland votaran abrumadoramente a favor de consagrar el aborto...

10 millones de cristianos en EE.UU. en riesgo de deportación masiva, según informe católico-evangélico

Apr. 3 2025
POR KATE SCANLON, OSV NEWS

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Un informe conjunto entre organizaciones afiliadas a diferentes iglesias cristianas encontró que una parte significativa...

El Papa se mantiene estable; su infección pulmonar ha mejorado ligeramente, según el Vaticano

Apr. 3 2025
POR CAROL GLATZ, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) — El estado del Papa Francisco sigue siendo estable, y una radiografía ha mostrado una ligera mejoría con respecto...

Sister Nancy Usselmann

'The Chosen' Season Five sets the table for Holy Week

Father Robert M. O'Grady

The Great Vigil

Archbishop Richard G. Henning

Resilient

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