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Maureen Crowley Heil

When a Whisper Becomes a Shout

Scott Hahn

Council of Jerusalem

Violet Hurst

The 200th anniversary of the birth of Archbishop Williams

Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

Heavenward

Dick Flavin

Slumps happen, but this is serious

Lucia A. Silecchia

May God Go with You into Ordinary Time

'The Ipcress File,' May 19, AMC+

Catholic leader blasts Israeli conduct at journalist funeral

Pope's recipe to heal his painful knee? A shot of tequila

From Cardinal Seán's blog

Priests reunite, reflect on growth at Spring Convocation

Cardinal O'Malley reacts to leaked SCOTUS draft decision

UPDATE: Understanding Americans' abortion views from poll results not always easy

Declining birthrates impoverish future, pope says

Bishops to Congress: Protect women and children, 'stop pushing abortion'

Adoration apostolate marks 50 years of all-night vigils

Catholic leader blasts Israeli conduct at journalist funeral

May. 20 2022
LAURIE KELLMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS

JERUSALEM -- The top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land on May 16 condemned the police beating of mourners carrying the casket of Al Jazeera journalist...

World

Vatican minister visits Ukraine as pope toes delicate line

May. 20 2022
NICOLE WINFIELD ASSOCIATED PRESS

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican's foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, is heading to Kyiv this week as the Holy See seeks to balance its concern...

Pope's recipe to heal his painful knee? A shot of tequila

May. 20 2022
NICOLE WINFIELD ASSOCIATED PRESS

ROME (AP) -- Doctors have prescribed a wheelchair, cane and physical therapy to help heal Pope Francis' bad knee. He has other ideas. According to...

UPDATE: Understanding Americans' abortion views from poll results not always easy

May. 19 2022
MARK PATTISON, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- How to make sense of Americans' attitudes toward abortion? It isn't easy. In polls, many respondents will give answers that contradict...

Declining birthrates impoverish future, pope says

May. 12 2022
JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The steady decline of birthrates across Europe and the West are signs of a new form of poverty that deprives humanity of a future,...

Bishops to Congress: Protect women and children, 'stop pushing abortion'

May. 12 2022
JULIE ASHER, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- After the U.S. Senate failed May 11 to advance a "radical" abortion bill, the chairmen of two U.S. bishops' committees urged Congress...

Priests reunite, reflect on growth at Spring Convocation

May. 20 2022
JACQUELINE TETRAULT PILOT STAFF

NORWOOD -- Priests from throughout the Archdiocese of Boston gathered at the Four Points by Sheraton on May 17 for their annual Spring Convocation, a day...

Cardinal O'Malley reacts to leaked SCOTUS draft decision

May. 20 2022
JACQUELINE TETRAULT PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley addressed the backlash against the Supreme Court's expected overturning of Roe v. Wade and reiterated...

From Cardinal Seán's blog

May. 20 2022

I was sent a number of photos in recent days of the Capuchin Pan-American gathering I spoke about last week, some of which are posted on my blog. During...

Adoration apostolate marks 50 years of all-night vigils

May. 20 2022
JACQUELINE TETRAULT PILOT STAFF

STONEHAM -- Since 1972, Barbara Keville has promoted all-night vigils of eucharistic adoration in parishes throughout the archdiocese. Now, after a two-year...

Local pro-life advocates react to SCOTUS leak, contemplate post-Roe future

May. 13 2022
JACQUELINE TETRAULT PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- On the evening of May 2, Sonja Morin was on a train bound for Washington, D.C., where she planned to participate in pro-life events with the...

Satanic Temple asks Boston to fly flag after court ruling

May. 13 2022
ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON -- The Satanic Temple is requesting to fly a flag over Boston City Hall after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the city violated the free speech rights...