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Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk

Getting 'death with dignity' right

Maureen Crowley Heil

The Pontifical Mission Societies -- The Mainstay of Missionaries

Archbishop Richard G. Henning

Agnes

Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

Holding onto hope

Father Robert M. O'Grady

Praying with the Psalms

Scott Hahn

In the wedding

Boston pilgrims prepare to attend March for Life in D.C.

Collaborative prayer line has brought solace to thousands over last 25 years

Home Viewing Roundup for Jan. 13, 2025

'God does things for a reason,' says pregnant mom of 4 who lost home in LA's Eaton Fire

Fire captain makes way through ruins of incinerated church to find tabernacle intact

Catholic parishes offer shelter, relief to evacuated families near LA fires

Holy Year pilgrimage is chance to begin again, pope says

Vatican diplomats discuss paths toward peace in Middle East

Thief steals precious crown from statue of Mary at Philadelphia church

Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire, hostage agreement, as Gaza Catholics rejoice

Holy Year pilgrimage is chance to begin again, pope says

Jan. 17 2025
CINDY WOODEN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A holy year is an opportunity to start fresh with one's relationship with God and with other people, Pope Francis told thousands...

Vatican diplomats discuss paths toward peace in Middle East

Jan. 17 2025
JUSTIN MCLELLAN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican's top diplomat met with papal representatives to various Middle Eastern countries to discuss possible avenues toward...

'God does things for a reason,' says pregnant mom of 4 who lost home in LA's Eaton Fire

Jan. 17 2025
THERESA CISNEROS, OSV NEWS

LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- Days after a wildfire destroyed their apartment and all their earthly belongings, Raul and Claudia De La Rosa have only one thing...

Fire captain makes way through ruins of incinerated church to find tabernacle intact

Jan. 17 2025
ANN RODGERS, OSV NEWS

LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- Four days after Corpus Christi Church was incinerated in the Palisades Fire, Capt. Bryan Nassour of the Los Angeles Fire Department...

Catholic parishes offer shelter, relief to evacuated families near LA fires

Jan. 17 2025
PABLO KAY, OSV NEWS

LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- Several Catholic parishes opened their doors to families evacuated from their homes as wind-driven fires continued to burn through...

Boston pilgrims prepare to attend March for Life in D.C.

Jan. 17 2025
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- Pilgrims from all over the Archdiocese of Boston, including Archbishop Richard G. Henning, will be heading down to Washington, D.C., next...

Boston pilgrims prepare to attend March for Life in D.C.

Jan. 17 2025
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- Pilgrims from all over the Archdiocese of Boston, including Archbishop Richard G. Henning, will be heading down to Washington, D.C., next...

Collaborative prayer line has brought solace to thousands over last 25 years

Jan. 17 2025
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- Denise Waterworth estimates that in the last 25 years, she has heard thousands of prayers. She has written them all down in a series of notebooks,...

Forming the Future: Brother Timothy Paul's 50 years of dedication to St. John's Prep

Jan. 10 2025
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

DANVERS -- Xaverian Brother Timothy Paul, the ninth-grade biology teacher at St. John's Prep in Danvers, has the remarkable ability to say words like...

Cheverus profiles: Alden and Kelly Thatcher of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross

Jan. 10 2025
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

BOSTON -- Knowing the layout of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross has served Kelly Thatcher well. At the height of the clergy abuse scandal, the cathedral's...

Archbishop Henning opens Jubilee Year in archdiocese

Jan. 3 2025
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- Archbishop Richard Henning formally initiated the Jubilee Year of 2025 in the Archdiocese of Boston with an opening Mass celebrated in the...

Jubilee pilgrimage churches

Jan. 3 2025

In addition to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (bostoncathedral.com), Archbishop Richard G. Henning has announced the following churches as Jubilee Churches...

Católicos invocan la intercesión de María y de los santos en medio de los devastadores incendios en Los Ángeles

Jan. 16 2025
POR MARIA WIERING, OSV NEWS

(OSV News) -- Católicos que huyen de los incendios forestales que arrasan Los Ángeles han estado rezando por la intercesión de Nuestra Señora...

Embarazada y madre de 4 hijos que perdió su casa en el incendio de Eaton: 'Dios hace las cosas por una razón'

Jan. 16 2025
THERESA CISNEROS, OSV NEWS

LOS ÁNGELES (OSV News) -- Días después de que un incendio forestal destruyera su apartamento y todas sus pertenencias terrenales, Raúl...

El Papa pide no ser cómplices de las empresas que explotan a los niños

Jan. 16 2025
POR JUSTIN MCLELLAN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Las personas y las instituciones pueden proteger a los niños cambiando lo que compran y en lo que invierten, dijo el...

Biden otorga al Papa Francisco la Medalla Presidencial de la Libertad, el más alto honor civil de EEUU

Jan. 13 2025
POR KATE SCANLON, OSV NEWS

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- El presidente estadounidense Joe Biden concedió al Papa Francisco Medalla Presidencial de la Libertad con distinción,...

El mejor regalo que un niño puede recibir es la fe, dice el Papa en los bautizos

Jan. 13 2025
POR CAROL GLATZ, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Cuando los niños son bautizados, sus padres y la Iglesia les están dando el mejor regalo que se puede recibir: el...

El Papa reza por las personas afectadas por los incendios en Los Ángeles

Jan. 13 2025
POR CINDY WOODEN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- "Rezo por todos vosotros", dijo el Papa Francisco, utilizando su discurso televisado del Ángelus del domingo para hablar...