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Jenna Marie Cooper

What are 'non-sacramental' marriages?

Russell Shaw

What all Souls' Day is all about?

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio

Understanding why immigration is a critical voting issue this year

Dr. R. Jared Staudt

The real goal: Human dignity, local community and the common good

Father Joshua J. Whitfield

Scripture Reflection for Oct. 20, 2024, Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

A good scare

Catholics have 'duty to protect' all human life, bishop says at New Jersey Mass for Life

LA Archdiocese to settle more than 1,300 historic abuse claims in new agreement

Pope says he hopes for 'reconciled differences' among Christians

Pope Francis' memoir to be published in January, publisher announces

Synod members look at how synodality relates to papal primacy

U.S. bishop: Church needs decentralization, not doctrinal fragmentation

Michigan Catholic bishops say Gov. Whitmer video mocks Eucharist

Wester: Nobel Peace Prize for Japanese atomic bomb survivors 'fitting' amid global tensions

At home or abroad, mission work involves 'radical transformation' in Christ, says US missions expert

Men grieve 'shared suffering' miscarriage differently than women, but can be overlooked

LA Archdiocese to settle more than 1,300 historic abuse claims in new agreement

Oct. 17 2024
PABLO KAY, OSV NEWS

LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has reached an agreement in principle worth $880 million to compensate more than a thousand decades-old...

U.S. bishop: Church needs decentralization, not doctrinal fragmentation

Oct. 17 2024
JUSTIN MCLELLAN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The decentralization of certain aspects of the Catholic Church's governance, as proposed in the Synod of Bishops on synodality, should...

Synod members look at how synodality relates to papal primacy

Oct. 17 2024
CINDY WOODEN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ROME (CNS) -- Encouraging greater "synodal" practices in the Catholic Church should help the church find a greater balance between the power of the pope...

Pope Francis' memoir to be published in January, publisher announces

Oct. 17 2024
CINDY WOODEN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- An Italian publisher announced the global release in January of "Hope," a book it described as Pope Francis' autobiography, which...

Pope says he hopes for 'reconciled differences' among Christians

Oct. 17 2024
JUSTIN MCLELLAN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called on divided Christians to overcome their doctrinal differences and walk together in love, expressing hope especially...

Catholics have 'duty to protect' all human life, bishop says at New Jersey Mass for Life

Oct. 17 2024
EMMALEE ITALIA, MARY STADNYK, OSV NEWS

TRENTON, N.J. (OSV News) -- Before the standing-room-only congregation gathered in Trenton's St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral for the first statewide...

Preparation underway for archbishop's installation events

Oct. 11 2024
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

BRAINTREE -- Vicar General Bishop Mark O'Connell has been hard at work for the last several weeks, leading the planning for the installation of the...

Marr Catholic school scholarships presented to 49 students

Oct. 11 2024
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

DORCHESTER -- It all began with a family legacy. In 1974, Robert L. Marr and Daniel F. Marr Jr. founded the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester as a memorial...

'The Mystic Rose' resurrects theme from 'Pilate's Daughter' at Mission Church

Oct. 11 2024
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

MISSION HILL -- Maryanne Norton didn't realize that she was at the end of an era. She was just a girl in high school having fun with her friends. Norton,...

Cheverus profiles: Richard D'Ambrosio of St. Ann Parish, Peabody

Oct. 11 2024
WES CIPOLLA PILOT STAFF

PEABODY -- "A calling comes quietly," says Richard D'Ambrosio of St. Ann Parish in Peabody. "Sometimes, it's a voice in the back of your head." D'Ambrosio...

Father John F. Baldovin, SJ, receives McManus Award

Oct. 11 2024
FATHER ROBERT M. O'GRADY PILOT STAFF

Gathering at the historic Omni William Penn Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh, the birthplace of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions 55 years...

From Cardinal Seán's blog

Oct. 11 2024

As many of you will know, the Second Session of the Synod on Synodality has begun, and I am here in Rome to take part in it. I arrived a couple days early,...

Fieles de Raleigh se esfuerzan por acompañar a trabajadores agrícolas migrantes

Sep. 8 2024
MARIA-PIA NEGRO CHIN, OSV NEWS

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Compartan el Evangelio con alegría, dice el Papa a los trabajadores eclesiásticos de Indonesia

Sep. 8 2024
POR CINDY WOODEN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

YAKARTA, Indonesia (CNS) -- La llamada cristiana a compartir el Evangelio no consiste en tratar de ganar conversos a toda costa, sino en vivir de una manera...