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2 weeks ago | 
nydailynews.com | Nicholas DiMarzio
From our earliest days, we are taught words matter. Our parents instruct us not to call people names, say rude things, or make fun of those with differences. We all lose our way sometimes. But if you have perceived shifts in the language used on cable news and by politicians — even maybe friends or family — you are not alone. Our language has become coarser and meaner. This is quite dangerous.
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2 weeks ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Nicholas DiMarzio |Jenna Cooper
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As I am preparing a paper to be given at a university on 100 years of immigration history, I could not help but discover similarities between the situation of our country in 1924 and that of today in 2025. I do not believe that history is cyclical, yet at times, we have returned to making the same mistakes and have not learned the lessons history has taught us.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Gina Christian |Nicholas DiMarzio
(OSV News) -- Cientos de trabajadores humanitarios católicos se están uniendo para evitar nuevas reducciones -- y más permanentes -- en la financiación federal de EE.UU. para la ayuda internacional, que ha sido recortada bajo la administración Trump como parte de su política de "America First".
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Cindy Wooden |Nicholas DiMarzio
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Ser religioso no significa automáticamente que alguien sea compasivo, y sin embargo para un cristiano la compasión es un signo claro de seguir a Cristo, dijo el Papa León XIV.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Kate Scanlon |Nicholas DiMarzio
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Catholic Relief Services informó el 21 de mayo que la mayoría de sus proyectos bajo un programa federal internacional de ayuda alimentaria fueron cancelados, dejando a cientos de miles de niños más vulnerables al hambre. La administración Trump afirmó que buscaba alinear sus programas con la agenda del presidente.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Carol Glatz |Nicholas DiMarzio
ROMA (CNS) -- Al celebrar su primera Misa en la catedral diocesana de Roma, el Papa León XIV dijo que la comunión se construye principalmente "de rodillas", a través de la oración y un compromiso constante de conversión. Reafirmó la dedicación del Papa Francisco a escuchar, en primer lugar, al Espíritu Santo, ya que luego conduce a escuchar y comprender a los demás como nuestros "hermanos y hermanas".
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Nicholas DiMarzio
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- El Papa León XIV llamó la atención sobre dos acontecimientos importantes que tuvieron lugar el 24 de mayo: la jornada de oración por los católicos en China y el 10º aniversario de la encíclica del Papa Francisco sobre el medio ambiente.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Simone Orendain |Nicholas DiMarzio
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CHICAGO (OSV News) -- The Archdiocese of Chicago has scheduled a Mass and a special program June 14 to celebrate the election and inauguration of Pope Leo XIV, and participants will get a video message from the native son of the Windy City. "Pope Leo XIV will greet us in Chicago and offer a special video message to the young people of the world, which will be broadcast first from our event," the Chicago Archdiocese said on its website.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Kurt Jensen |Nicholas DiMarzio
(OSV News) -- The four years Robert F. Prevost spent at Villanova University in Philadelphia -- from the fall of 1973 until May 1977, when he graduated with a degree in mathematics and began his novitiate with the Augustinian order -- included the opening salvos of the pro-life movement. On Jan. 22, 1974, the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Gina Christian |Nicholas DiMarzio
(OSV News) -- As civilian casualties from multiple conflicts have soared, the Holy See's diplomat to the United Nations has called for a renewed respect for human dignity and international law, along with restrictions in armaments and a commitment to end the scourge of war.
