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2 weeks ago | thebostonpilot.com | Carol Glatz |Mark Valley

Your browser does not support the audio element. ROME (CNS) -- God's love, mercy and goodness lie at the foundation of every vocation, including that of the pope, Pope Leo XIV said. "Let us ask the Lord for the grace to cultivate and spread his charity and to become true neighbors to one another," he said, paraphrasing his predecessor, Pope Francis, in a homily at Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls May 20.

2 weeks ago | thebostonpilot.com | Inés San Martín |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Mark Valley |Michael Reardon

Your browser does not support the audio element. ROME (OSV News) -- As the Catholic Church welcomed its 267th pope, Leo XIV -- elected May 8 -- attention quickly turned to the first moments of his pontificate. The first weeks of a papacy often give a hint as to how the entire pontificate will look. This is what the seven days of papacy tell about the first American pope and how his predecessors spent their honeymoon in the Vatican.

2 weeks ago | thebostonpilot.com | Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Mark Valley |Michael Reardon

Your browser does not support the audio element. BRIGHTON -- Karen Drake enrolled in St. John's Seminary's Theological Institute because she wanted to "search for truth.""Search for a deeper understanding of God and to build up my faith and to be able to defend my faith," she explained. The Institute provides theological formation and pastoral training to laypeople, deacons, and religious. Despite being a lifelong Catholic, Drake said she found that the classes had a lot to teach her.

2 weeks ago | thebostonpilot.com | Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Mark Valley |Michael Reardon

Your browser does not support the audio element. METHUEN -- On May 19, Vicar General Bishop Mark W. O'Connell did something that he hasn't done in 25 years: mow a lawn with a push mower. "I didn't have the same strength I had as a 20-year-old," he said, "but I could do it in straight lines."Bishop O'Connell wielded the mower for a special occasion: The Archdiocese of Boston's 17th annual Service Week.

2 weeks ago | thebostonpilot.com | Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Mark Valley |Michael Reardon

Your browser does not support the audio element. MEDFORD -- Jesus peeked out from behind the closed curtains to see the hundreds of chattering students of St. Raphael School in Medford who had filled the parish hall to watch his passion. Jesus was Jeremiah Quattrini, a seventh grader at St. Raphael's. On Holy Thursday, April 17, he and his classmates performed a tableau vivant passion play for the school, continuing a tradition that has lasted over 25 years.