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Boston, Thursday 28th of September 2023

Deacon Greg Kandra

Scripture reflections for Oct. 1, the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Bishop Robert Barron

Meet the new goddess, same as the old goddess

Jenna Marie Cooper

Question: Are 'little white lies' okay to tell?

Lucia A. Silecchia

The children of Ordinary Times

Michael Reardon

Great expectations

Shannon Lyons

Catholic Charities Inn provides shelter and support to families facing housing insecurity

Papal commission asks synod make safeguarding a bigger priority

Vatican at U.N.: Risk of nuclear war is 'at its highest in generations'

Aliens, demons or PSYOPS? Catholics study, debate UFO allegations

UPDATE: 'What's going to happen?': DACA ruling keeps 'Dreamers' in immigration limbo

Pope says his new ecology document is titled 'Laudate Deum'

ANALYSIS: Is the U.S. church's Hispanic Catholic hope slipping away?

Florida death-row inmate's lawyers, bishops, advocacy groups urge stay on Oct. 3 execution

Pope condemns child pornography: 'Criminality available to everyone'

Message in Marseille: Welcoming the 'stranger' is a global mandate

Papal commission incorporates global feedback in safeguarding guidelines

Papal commission asks synod make safeguarding a bigger priority

Sep. 27 2023
CAROL GLATZ

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The synod on synodality should dedicate substantial discussion to addressing sexual abuse in the church and include the voices of...

Vatican at U.N.: Risk of nuclear war is 'at its highest in generations'

Sep. 27 2023
JUSTIN MCLELLAN

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The international community must cooperate to advance disarmament rather than embrace the "false security" offered by nuclear weapons,...

UPDATE: 'What's going to happen?': DACA ruling keeps 'Dreamers' in immigration limbo

Sep. 26 2023
GINA CHRISTIAN, MARIETHA GóNGORA V.

(OSV News) -- A recent court ruling has become another bend in a "rollercoaster" ride for hundreds of thousands of individuals who arrived in the U.S....

Pope says his new ecology document is titled 'Laudate Deum'

Sep. 26 2023

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said the title of his new letter on the environment will be "Laudate Deum," (Praise God), a frequent refrain in several...

ANALYSIS: Is the U.S. church's Hispanic Catholic hope slipping away?

Sep. 26 2023
HOSFFMAN OSPINO, OSV NEWS

(OSV News) -- There is no doubt that the largest force transforming American Catholicism is the Hispanic presence. This has been the case for more than...

Florida death-row inmate's lawyers, bishops, advocacy groups urge stay on Oct. 3 execution

Sep. 25 2023
JEAN GONZALEZ, OSV NEWS

ORLANDO, Fla. (OSV News) -- At the beginning of the 10th month of 2023, Florida might execute its sixth death-row inmate of the year; a person whose lawyers...

Local

DA drops charges against Msgr. Francis Strahan, Church investigation continues

Sep. 28 2023
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- The Middlesex County District Attorney's Office has dropped the charges of rape and sexual assault against Msgr. Francis Strahan, but...

Boston College exhibit showcases Catholic faith in rural China

Sep. 25 2023
CNA STAFF

An exhibition of powerful images documenting the lives of Catholics in rural China is now on view at Boston College, presented by the college's Ricci...

Celebration marks 15th year of supporting, honoring priests

Sep. 22 2023
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

BOSTON -- Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley likes to say that being Catholic in Boston is a contact sport. When he became Archbishop of Boston in 2003,...

New shelter to aid women with babies recovering from trauma

Sep. 22 2023
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

The 13 bedrooms of the O'Connell House are as tidy as can be. The sheets on the beds are smooth and clean. The desks are uncluttered. The teddy bears...

Roslindale talk to explore priest's influence on AA founder

Sep. 22 2023
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- Bill Wilson, known to millions as the "Bill W." who co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous, was the poster child of sobriety. But as he sat in AA's...

Bishop Barron discusses Catholic intellectual tradition at Harvard

Sep. 22 2023
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

CAMBRIDGE -- When Bishop Robert Barron first landed in France to begin studying theology at the University of Paris, not even a serious case of jet lag...

Internacional

El Papa condena la pornografía infantil

Sep. 26 2023
POR JUSTIN MCLELLAN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- La pornografía infantil es "la criminalidad puesta al servicio de cada uno a través de sus telefonitos", dijo el Papa Francisco. Al...

La situación de los migrantes en México se deteriora; la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE.UU. registra un fuerte aumento de detenciones

Sep. 26 2023
DAVID AGREN

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (OSV News) -- El aumento de flujo migratorio a través de México durante el mes de septiembre ha provocado una "crisis", según católicos...

Internacional