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'These holy paintings can heal us'

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President Polk's 1847 visit to Boston

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The responsibilities of freedom

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Arise!

Father Robert M. O'Grady

Eucharistic Prayers for Reconciliation and for Masses with Children

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Cardinal O'Malley issues statement on Trump's assassination attempt

Pope meets senior Russian Orthodox official at Vatican

Nicaraguan government removes Radio María from airwaves

Pilgrims see the church 'alive and hungry' as National Eucharistic Pilgrimage enters final days

Idaho, West Virginia ask Supreme Court to uphold their transgender sports bans

Knights of Columbus order Rupnik icons covered until Vatican investigation ends

Vatican publishes 1974 decision denying alleged Amsterdam apparitions

Synod working document offers inspiration, points to journey ahead, say experts

Faithful fill Brooklyn arena to celebrate Neocatechumenal Way's 50th anniversary in US

Texas Catholic groups struggle to provide aid after Beryl cuts power to millions

Cardinal O'Malley issues statement on Trump's assassination attempt

Jul. 13 2024
PILOT STAFF

Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley relesed the following statement July 13 after news of an assassination attempt on former President and presidential candidate...

Pope meets senior Russian Orthodox official at Vatican

Jul. 12 2024
JUSTIN MCLELLAN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis met July 11 with Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external church relations for the Moscow...

Nicaraguan government removes Radio María from airwaves

Jul. 12 2024
DAVID AGREN, OSV NEWS

(OSV News) -- The Nicaraguan government closed the country's most prominent Catholic radio station as the Sandinista regime continues to persecute the...

Pilgrims see the church 'alive and hungry' as National Eucharistic Pilgrimage enters final days

Jul. 12 2024
OLIVIA CASTLEN, MARNIE MCALLISTER, OSV NEWS

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OSV News) -- Singing hymns and praying the rosary, hundreds of Catholics from the Archdiocese of Louisville and the Archdiocese of Indianapolis...

Idaho, West Virginia ask Supreme Court to uphold their transgender sports bans

Jul. 11 2024
KATE SCANLON, OSV NEWS

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The attorneys general of Idaho and West Virginia asked the Supreme Court on July 11 to uphold their states' laws requiring student...

Knights of Columbus order Rupnik icons covered until Vatican investigation ends

Jul. 11 2024
GINA CHRISTIAN, OSV NEWS

(OSV News) -- The Knights of Columbus has announced the Catholic fraternal organization will cover mosaics by ex-Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik at the St....

Cardinal O'Malley issues statement on Trump's assassination attempt

Jul. 13 2024
PILOT STAFF

Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley relesed the following statement July 13 after news of an assassination attempt on former President and presidential candidate...

Cardinal blesses extensive renovations at Jamaica Plain church

Jul. 2 2024
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

JAMAICA PLAIN -- Father Andrea Povero, parochial vicar of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Jamaica Plain, didn't know what to do with his pews. Since...

Father Daniel Mahoney remembered as 'a firefighter's firefighter'

Jul. 2 2024
WES CIPOLLA. PILOT STAFF

CHARLESTOWN -- Everyone knew him as Danny. Or Danno. Or Father Dan. Or, simply, Dan. Father Dan Mahoney, the longtime Boston Fire Department chaplain...

Survivor Advisory Council offers support, shares lessons with archdiocese

Jun. 28 2024
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- The June 18 meeting of the Boston Survivor Advisory Council, a support group for survivors of clergy sexual abuse that works alongside the...

Pilot honored with four Catholic Media Awards

Jun. 28 2024
PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- The Pilot earned four Catholic Media Awards at this year's Catholic Media Conference, held from June 18 to 21 in Atlanta, Georgia. The...

Order of Malta's ties to Revolution explored at feast day gathering

Jun. 28 2024
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

BOSTON -- In 1778, at the height of the American Revolution, Mercy Otis Warren had a warning for Abigail Adams. That year, after France allied with the...

La formación en la Iglesia Católica lleva a construir el futuro juntos

Jun. 26 2024
MARIETHA GóNGORA V., OSV NEWS

(OSV News) -- En junio, el Consejo Nacional Católico para el Ministerio Hispano (NCCHM) llevó a cabo el webinar "Construyendo Juntos el Futuro:...

El Papa llama 'asesinos' a los narcotraficantes y se opone a la legalización de la droga

Jun. 26 2024
POR JUSTIN MCLELLAN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Mientras que los cristianos deben tratar a los adictos con cuidado y comprensión, los traficantes de drogas que venden...

Nuncio: La Eucaristía sigue siendo un 'lugar de encuentro' donde Cristo transforma a la Iglesia herida

Jun. 26 2024
POR GINA CHRISTIAN, OSV NEWS

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (OSV News) -- En su reunión anual de primavera, se exhortó a los obispos católicos de Estados Unidos a centrarse en...

La advertencia del cirujano general en las redes sociales para los niños es 'uno de los muchos pasos' que se deben tomar, dicen los expertos

Jun. 26 2024
POR GINA CHRISTIAN, OSV NEWS

(OSV News) -- Un llamado del cirujano general de EE.UU. para que se coloquen etiquetas de advertencia en las redes sociales marca "uno de los muchos pasos...

El Papa pide a los líderes que impulsen las negociaciones y eviten la escalada de las guerras

Jun. 26 2024
POR CAROL GLATZ, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- El Papa Francisco ha pedido a los líderes del mundo que eviten cualquier acción o palabra que pueda acrecentar los...

'Jesús no puede evitar derramarse' en la Peregrinación Eucarística Nacional, dice una peregrina

Jun. 24 2024
POR MARíA WIERING, OSV NEWS

ATLANTA (OSV News) -- Shayla Elm ha reunido un tesoro de recuerdos de sus primeras cinco semanas a lo largo de la ruta sur de la Peregrinación Eucarística...