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BRAINTREE -- Monica Canetta se sorprendió cuando su hijo Joseph llegó a casa de la escuela emocionado por escribir un ensayo. Joseph, un estudiante...
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QUINCY -- La quinta Conferencia Mariana de Boston anual, celebrada el 1 y 2 de noviembre, tuvo una invitada muy especial: la Virgen María misma. El...
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WEYMOUTH -- El 27 de octubre, Kelly Byrne, directora del programa de preparación para la confirmación Pathway to Grace en la Escuela San Francisco...
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BELMONT -- Para el Padre Ghazar Bedrossian, la comunidad armenia en Nueva Inglaterra es como un jardín. El jardín tiene muchas ramas y muchas...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV has asked Catholics to join him in praying for those who struggle with suicidal thoughts, and for all people "who live...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Marking the 400th anniversary of the archdiocesan seminary in Trujillo, Peru, Pope Leo XIV thanked God for all the men whose ministry...
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ROME (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV's recognition of St. John Henry Newman as a "doctor of the church" will be an ecumenical celebration, a sign of esteem for the...
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(OSV News) -- With Pope Leo XIV set to proclaim of St. John Henry Newman as a doctor of the church Nov. 1, let's consider what criterion is used to make...
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BRAINTREE -- Monica Canetta was amazed when her son Joseph came home from school excited to write an essay. Joseph, a seventh grader at Malden Catholic,...
Read MoreQUINCY -- The fifth annual Boston Marian Conference on Nov. 1 and 2 had a very special guest -- the Virgin Mary herself. On Nov. 1, Mary appeared in the...
Read MoreWEYMOUTH -- On Oct. 27, Kelly Byrne, director of the Pathway to Grace confirmation prep program at St. Francis Xavier School in Weymouth, introduced a...
Read MoreBELMONT -- To Father Ghazar Bedrossian, the Armenian community in New England is like a garden. The garden has many branches and many flowers, which God...
Read MoreBRAINTREE -- En otra demostración de la larga amistad entre la Arquidiócesis de Boston y la Metrópolis Ortodoxa Griega de Boston, el Arzobispo...
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BRAINTREE -- In another demonstration of the longstanding friendship between the Archdiocese of Boston and the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston, Archbishop...
Read MoreFather Thomas P. Kelly, a priest of the archdiocese since his ordination on May 23, 1970, by Auxiliary Bishop Jeremiah F. Minihan at Holy Cross Cathedral,...
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or...
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – As the historical drama "Nuremberg" (Sony Pictures Classics) successfully reminds its audience, the trials held in the titular...
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Existential issues: the fear of becoming outmoded, of dying unloved, of having one's work forgotten, are wrestled with in the...
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NEW YORK (OSV News) -- As anyone who saw director Yorgos Lanthimos' 2023 fantasy "Poor Things" will be aware, the Greek-born filmmaker is capable of bringing...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- La administración Trump ha indicado que no apelará las órdenes judiciales que le obligan a pagar las prestaciones...
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CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Aunque elogia la devoción a María, el Dicasterio para la Doctrina de la Fe rechazó firmemente las iniciativas...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- El presidente Donald Trump anunció el 31 de octubre que incluiría a Nigeria en la lista de vigilancia por motivos de...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While praising devotion to Mary, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith firmly rejected moves to formally proclaim Mary as "co-redemptrix"...
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CHICAGO (OSV News) -- On Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls, Catholics in Chicago joined in commemorating the great Irish famine that left more than 1 million...
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CHICAGO (OSV News) -- Una delegación de clérigos, religiosas y laicos, junto con un obispo auxiliar de Chicago, fueron impedidos por segunda...
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-- Muchos feligreses de la parroquia de San Antonio de las Huertas, en la Ciudad de México, recuerdan a sus seres queridos fallecidos construyendo...
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(OSV News) -- Una festividad vibrante que se celebra principalmente en todo México y en partes del suroeste de Estados Unidos, "El Día de los...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Una organización nacional provida y dos senadores republicanos anunciaron el 29 de octubre que presionarían a la Administración...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- A pocos días de que se produzca una inminente interrupción de los programas federales de asistencia alimentaria, Catholic...
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ROMA (CNS) -- El mundo está sediento de paz y del fin de los abusos de poder y la indiferencia hacia el estado de derecho, afirmó el Papa León...
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(OSV News) -- Nigeria's return to the U.S. list of countries of "particular concern" over Christian persecution has drawn mixed reactions from church leaders...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump said Oct. 31 he would place Nigeria on a religious freedom watch list in response to violence in that country...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christ crucified and risen has tamed and transfigured death with his love, Pope Leo XIV said. "We are saddened, of course, when...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The same day Pope Leo XIV proclaimed St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, he also named the British saint patron of the...
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ROME (CNS) -- As Christians visit cemeteries on the feast of All Souls and remember their loved ones who have died, they do so with faith that at the end...
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CHICAGO (OSV News) -- A delegation of clergy, religious sisters and laity, together with a Chicago auxiliary bishop, were barred for the second time in...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The lives of St. John Henry Newman and of all the saints teach Christians that "it is possible to live passionately amidst the complexity...
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(OSV News) -- Hours after the Vatican's commemorations of the 60th anniversary of "Nostra Aetate" ("In Our Time") -- the Second Vatican Council's decree...
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(OSV News) -- They are a trio of challenges and opportunities already stalking the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV: The persistence of poverty, the changing...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV encouraged an international group of young adults to reach out to their peers and invite them to be active members of...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A human connection of love and care between a teacher and student is a key part of the educational process, Pope Leo XIV said, and...
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Before Jeremiah had the chance to draw back from the Lord's call to make him a prophet, God spoke frankly: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew...
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HINGHAM -- In a world filled with noise and constant motion, Glastonbury Abbey in Hingham, Massachusetts, is extending a rare invitation to slow down and...
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At the end of His time on earth, Jesus leaves His disciples with the following words: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in...
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In a world filled with distractions and uncertainty, many young people are searching for meaning -- for a purpose that goes beyond themselves. The Augustinians...
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A vocation "is a manifestation of the unsearchable riches of Christ." (Eph 3:8) And the call to the way of the evangelical counsels is born of the interior...
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I've always imagined the second Joyful Mystery, the Visitation, that moment when Mary is greeted by her cousin Elizabeth in the hill country, taking...
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Our mission in Brazil began in 1962, when five of our sisters were missioned to the Northeastern State of Maranhao. That was the year I entered Notre...
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Each year, the happy task of reporting about the men preparing for ordination for the priesthood in service to our archdiocese falls to The Pilot staff....
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BOSTON -- Phil Studley sabía que Jazmine sería el amor de su vida porque ella se reía de sus chistes. Studley conoció a su futura...
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When it comes to end of life directives, Catholics would do well to read about the current protocols surrounding organ donation and the recent bioethics...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- For the Catholic Church, interreligious dialogue "is not a tactic or a tool, but a way of life -- a journey of the heart that transforms...
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(OSV News) -- It seems unusual that our church liturgical calendar schedules two major celebrations on days that are back-to-back. But that is precisely...
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(OSV News) -- Catholic funerals express the Christian hope in eternal life and the resurrection of the body on the last day. Every component of Catholic...
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SALEM -- "No tengo brujería", declara el Padre Tom DiLorenzo. "¡Tengo el poder de la oración!" Era el 25 de octubre, y el Padre DiLorenzo...
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Mientras el huracán Melissa estaba tocando tierra en Jamaica a principios de esta semana, el arzobispo Richard G. Henning hizo un llamado a las parroquias...
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WEST ROXBURY -- El Arzobispo Richard G. Henning y el Metropolitano Methodios de la Metrópolis Ortodoxa Griega de Boston presidieron una vigilia conjunta...
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MEDFORD -- El Centro Parroquial Msgr. William B. Foley de la Iglesia de San Francisco de Asís fue el lugar para el romance en la noche del 25 de octubre. Las...
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BOSTON -- Phil Studley knew that Jazmine would be the love of his life because she laughed at his jokes. Studley met his wife-to-be at work in Hingham....
Read MoreSALEM -- "I don't have witchcraft," declares Father Tom DiLorenzo. "I have prayer power!" It was Oct. 25, and Father DiLorenzo was preaching on the...
Read MoreAs Hurricane Melissa was making landfall in Jamaica earlier this week, Archbishop Richard G. Henning made an appeal to parishes to consider a special collection...
Read MoreWEST ROXBURY -- Archbishop Richard G. Henning and Metropolitan Methodios of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston presided over a joint prayer vigil...
Read MoreMEDFORD -- The Msgr. William B. Foley Parish Center of St. Francis of Assisi Church was the place to be for romance on the night of Oct. 25. The walls...
Read MoreA proud native son of the archdiocese, Father John Joseph (Aquinas) Farren, OP, died at Rosary Hill Home, Hawthorne, New York, on Oct. 21, 2025, where...
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Part teen romance, part emotionally convoluted soap opera, "Regretting You" (Paramount), director Josh Boone's screen version...
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Despite the occasional push-back against political correctness in Nora Garrett's script, viewers committed to traditional values...
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or...
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NEW YORK (OSV News) -- Manga movies, films based on Japanese comics, tend to be perfect examples of entertainment that doesn't burden an audience by asking...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Young people must take control of technology and "humanize" online spaces to be friendly, creative places -- not isolated echo chambers,...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (OSV News) -- At the annual Red Mass for the St. Thomas More Society of South Florida, Chief Justice Carlos Muñiz of the Florida...
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RICHMOND, Va. (OSV News) -- The weather held off, the bands played on, and the turnstiles clicked at The Diamond baseball stadium in Richmond as more than...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The president of the U.S. bishops' conference has urged lawmakers to fund federal food assistance before a looming deadline risks...
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(OSV News) -- A landmark Catholic document, credited with igniting a revolution in Catholic-Jewish relations over the decades, has turned 60. "Nostra...
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ROME (CNS) -- The world is thirsting for peace and for an end to abuses of power and indifference to the rule of law, Pope Leo XIV said at an international...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- A federal judge recently struck down a rule issued by former President Joe Biden's administration that sought to include gender...
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ROME (OSV News) -- On Aug. 2, Carmen Gloria González and her husband received a call from Rome: Their son, Ignacio Gonzálvez, had been admitted...
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(OSV News) -- When St. John Henry Newman is proclaimed a doctor of the church on Nov. 1, staff and students at his old university will be counting on a...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholic education, which has changed over the centuries, must continue to evolve to help young people face the challenges not only...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Rather than educating students to "become experts in infinitesimal details of reality," Pope Leo XIV said, Catholic universities...
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