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Boston, Wednesday 5th of October 2022

Deacon Christopher Connelly

Casting a wider net: The Diaconate Formation Program and distance learning

Scott Hahn

Life by faith

Charles C. Camosy

What are pigs for?

Maureen Crowley Heil

A Great Day is Coming!

Dick Flavin

We all fall victim to age

Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

In the company of the angels

Pope names new members to commission for protection of minors

Pope tells Putin: Stop the war

HHS urged to 'reconsider misguided mandate' on transgender procedures

Alito kicks off project on originalism, Catholic intellectual tradition

At trial, Vatican auditor says he was shocked by misuse of funds

Vatican announces theme for World Communications Day

Quincy Night 4 Life venue, time changed due to weather

Estate sale bargain turns out to be page from 13th-century French missal

Contemplative communities: Cistercian nuns labor in love at Mount St. Mary's Abbey

Is Pope Francis' diplomacy of dialogue failing?

Pope names new members to commission for protection of minors

Sep. 30 2022
CAROL GLATZ, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis reconfirmed the leadership of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and expanded its membership from...

Pope tells Putin: Stop the war

Oct. 2 2022
CINDY WOODEN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With "rivers of blood and tears" still flowing in Ukraine and with the increasing threat of the use of nuclear weapons, Pope Francis...

HHS urged to 'reconsider misguided mandate' on transgender procedures

Sep. 30 2022

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Catholic hospitals and their workers "must not be coerced by the government to violate their consciences" by being forced to perform...

Alito kicks off project on originalism, Catholic intellectual tradition

Sep. 30 2022
JULIE ASHER, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Justice Samuel Alito told a group of law students in Washington that he is always mindful that the rulings he and his colleagues on...

At trial, Vatican auditor says he was shocked by misuse of funds

Sep. 30 2022
JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican auditor general said he was surprised by the lack of ethical standards demonstrated by officials considering investment...

Vatican announces theme for World Communications Day

Sep. 29 2022
JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' theme for the next World Communications Day is a call for a peaceful dialogue that allows for uncomfortable truths...

Quincy Night 4 Life venue, time changed due to weather

Sep. 30 2022
JACQUELINE TETRAULT PILOT STAFF

QUINCY -- Due to forecasted rain on Oct. 1, the annual Night 4 Life, originally set to be held at Quincy's Veterans Memorial Stadium, is being relocated...

Contemplative communities: Cistercian nuns labor in love at Mount St. Mary's Abbey

Sep. 30 2022
JACQUELINE TETRAULT PILOT STAFF

WRENTHAM -- Daily work can take many different forms for the Cistercian nuns at Mount St. Mary's Abbey. But whether they are tending the sheep, caring...

Lay associates appointed directors of Seaport Shrine

Sep. 30 2022
JACQUELINE TETRAULT PILOT STAFF

SOUTH BOSTON -- Since its opening in 2017, Our Lady of Good Voyage Seaport Shrine has been led by a series of priests staying for a short period of time....

Mission Church to celebrate 150th anniversary

Sep. 30 2022
JACQUELINE TETRAULT PILOT STAFF

BOSTON -- In past decades, the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, commonly known as Mission Church, was called the "Lourdes of the East" because of...

From Cardinal Seán's blog

Sep. 30 2022

Friday, I celebrated a Mass for the beginning of the school year at St. Mary's for the three Catholic schools of Lynn -- St. Mary's, Sacred Heart,...

An 1871 account: 'the holy work of the Mission in this Church'

Sep. 30 2022

The following is an excerpt of a letter to the editor published in the June 24, 1871, issue of The Pilot recounting a procession at the then-newly established...