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Boston, Tuesday 25th of January 2022

Scott Hahn

The new dawns

Maureen Crowley Heil

Who Will Help the Children?

Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

Friends here and in heaven

Dick Flavin

A few guys from (or almost from) Quincy

Father Kenneth Doyle

Is witchcraft wrong and why?

George Weigel

Marching toward a different future

In East European conflicts, Rome plays diplomatic role with aerial view

Florida mom says reversal process for chemical abortion saved her baby

Prayer surrounding West Coast pro-life walk seen as critical part of event

Cardinal says Salvador's new martyrs are road map to reconciliation

Preaching must awaken souls, not put them to sleep, pope says

Retired Pope Benedict corrects statement for Munich abuse report

Father Zollner: Retired pope should make personal statement on abuse report

Pope sets Jan. 26 as day of prayer for peace in Ukraine

El Salvador welcomes four new martyrs, symbols of Vatican II church

Pope confers ministries of lector, catechist on lay women and men

In East European conflicts, Rome plays diplomatic role with aerial view

Jan. 24 2022
VICTOR GAETAN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Thirty years after the dramatic breakup of the Soviet Union, tremors from that socio-political earthquake continue to reverberate through the vast terrain...

Florida mom says reversal process for chemical abortion saved her baby

Jan. 24 2022
KATIE CAMARIO, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (CNS) -- Serenity and grace are two things Kayla credits for saving the life of her new baby girl. "The Serenity Prayer is constantly...

Prayer surrounding West Coast pro-life walk seen as critical part of event

Jan. 24 2022
MARY POWERS, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

SAN FRANCISCO (CS) -- While the city of San Francisco was abuzz late Jan. 21 with weekends beginning, groups of young Catholics and Walk for Life West...

Cardinal says Salvador's new martyrs are road map to reconciliation

Jan. 24 2022
RHINA GUIDOS, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (CNS) -- A Salvadoran cardinal with a front-row seat to the country's violent past said many have forgotten the country's trials...

Preaching must awaken souls, not put them to sleep, pope says

Jan. 24 2022
JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Preaching long, spiritually empty homilies can reduce the Word of God to a mere set of abstract concepts that fail to awaken one's...

Retired Pope Benedict corrects statement for Munich abuse report

Jan. 24 2022
CINDY WOODEN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Amending a written statement made to a panel investigating clerical sexual abuse in his former Archdiocese of Munich and Freising,...

Local Catholics create community through podcasts

Jan. 21 2022
JACQUELINE TETRAULT PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- In this age when technology offers a plethora of ways to communicate, many content creators have turned to podcasting as a way to exchange...

MLK Day marked with interreligious prayer service

Jan. 21 2022
JACQUELINE TETRAULT PILOT STAFF

ROXBURY -- Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley joined with local religious leaders to honor the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with an interreligious...

From Cardinal Seán's blog

Jan. 21 2022

On Friday, I traveled to South Carolina to celebrate the funeral Mass of Joseph Gallagher, the brother of my good friend, Father Simeon Gallagher. Father...

Brockton student among winners of national Christmas artwork contest

Jan. 21 2022
JACQUELINE TETRAULT PILOT STAFF

BROCKTON -- Over the past few years, the Archdiocese of Boston has had a streak of winners in the Missionary Childhood Association's annual Christmas artwork...

Archdiocesan schools face challenges of omicron variant

Jan. 14 2022
JACQUELINE TETRAULT PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- Almost two years have passed since the coronavirus prompted the closure of schools. Now, while the archdiocesan schools remain open and committed...

Parishes to hold Holy Hours for Life on Roe anniversary

Jan. 14 2022
PILOT FILE PHOTO/COURTESY GEORGE MARTELL

BRAINTREE -- Dozens of parishes and collaboratives across the archdiocese are planning to hold Holy Hours for Life or similar pro-life events on the weekend...