The archdiocese celebrates America's BicentennialSavannah Miller
Fifty years ago, America was gearing up to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The anniversary was a cause for celebration, and also an opportunity for organizations throughout ...
Common sense slowly emerges for protecting women's athleticsKenneth Craycraft
On March 26, the International Olympic Committee made an announcement that is simultaneously surprising and banal. The IOC declared that only women are eligible to participate in women's events in ...
Odds on Peter: Trump vs the popeElizabeth Scalia
Anyone who reads me regularly knows I am not the sort of Catholic who grabs the smelling salts for every seeming insult or ignorant remark made about the Church. Ever since Madonna danced before a ...
My friend Ann Carter JamesonTerry Donilon
In the great Carole King song about friendship and loyalty, "You've Got A Friend," and made famous by both King and James Taylor, I keep thinking of the idea that words matter. For instance, there ...
The funeral of Pilot founding editor Patrick DonahoeViolet Hurst
Just over 125 years ago, on March 20, 1901, mourners filled the Cathedral of the Holy Cross for the funeral of Patrick Donahoe, founding editor of The Pilot. Born in County Cavan, Ireland, in 1811, Patrick ...
School's in sessionGreg Erlandson
St. John Henry Newman, writing in the 19th century, wanted a Catholic laity "who know their religion ... who know what they hold and what they do not." Whatever the challenges Newman faced in the 19th ...
Please support our priests this EasterSharon McNally
I have always been grateful for the friendships I've been blessed to have with priests over the years. They have nurtured my faith, guided my spirit, and brought me great joy. Msgr. Frank Kelley ...
When Lent is extra Lenty, you need Holy Week even moreLaura Kelly Fanucci
Propped up on pillows, ice packs piled on my aching chest, I watched our parish livestream of the celebration of the Lord's Passion on Good Friday. After the painful biopsy earlier that morning, I ...
Why does the Annunciation loom so large in Catholicism?Elizabeth Scalia
Non-Catholic friends are often puzzled by our calendar of memorials and solemnities, particularly the solemnity of the Annunciation -- a moment that usually only hits their awareness in the days leading ...
Scripture Reflection for March 29, 2026, Palm Sunday of the Lord's PassionGreg Kandra
Mt 21:1-11 Is 50:4-7 Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 Phil 2:6-11 Mt 26:14-27:66 or Mt 27:11-54 This Sunday in between the palms and the hosannas, the breaking of bread and the agony on the cross ...
