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The Pilot serves as the official newspaper for the Archdiocese of Boston and proudly holds the title of "America's Oldest Catholic Newspaper." It has been in uninterrupted circulation since its debut on September 5, 1829. While it is the first Catholic newspaper in the U.S., the title was initially held by The United States Catholic Miscellany from Charleston, South Carolina, which started seven years earlier in 1822 but stopped publishing in 1861.

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Pope sets Sept. 7 for joint canonization of Blesseds Acutis and Frassati

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Justin Mclellan

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together Sept. 7, the Vatican announced. Meeting with cardinals living in and visiting Rome for an ordinary public consistory June 13, the pope approved the new canonization date for the two young blesseds and set Oct. 19 as the date for the canonization of seven others. He announced the dates in Latin.
Fox Nation announces second season for 'Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints'

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | John Mulderig

Your browser does not support the audio element. (OSV News) -- Fox Nation announced June 11 that an eight-episode second season of the docudrama series "Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints" will become available for streaming beginning in November and continuing through the spring of next year. As before, celebrated director Scorsese will host, narrate and executive produce the programs. Each installment will explore the life of a single saint.
Home Viewing Roundup for June 16, 2025

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | John Mulderig |Maureen Crowley Heil

Your browser does not support the audio element. NEW YORK (OSV News) The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television during the week of June 29, as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
Papa: Resistan la 'tentación' de las armas

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Justin Mclellan |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- El mundo debe resistir la tentación de las armas modernas que amenazan con dar a los conflictos actuales una ferocidad que supera la de las guerras anteriores, dijo el Papa León XIV. "El corazón de la Iglesia está desgarrado por los gritos que se elevan desde los lugares en guerra", dijo al concluir su audiencia general en la Plaza de San Pedro el 18 de junio. "En particular desde Ucrania, Irán, Israel y Gaza". "¡No debemos acostumbrarnos a la guerra!", dijo el Papa.
Jesús invita a los cristianos a superar la desesperación, dice el Papa León

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Justin Mclellan |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Cuando la esperanza parece haber desaparecido, los cristianos pueden acudir a Jesús para superar la resignación y recuperar el deseo de sanarse, dijo el Papa León XIV. A veces "nos sentimos 'bloqueados', encerrados en un camino sin salida. A veces de hecho nos parece que sea inútil continuar a esperar", dijo el Santo Padre a miles de peregrinos reunidos en la soleada Plaza de San Pedro para su audiencia general del 18 de junio.
El Año Jubilar es tiempo de construir puentes, no muros, dice el Papa

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Justin Mclellan |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra

Your browser does not support the audio element. CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- En un mundo marcado por la división y el conflicto ideológico, el Papa León XIV instó a los católicos a rechazar los muros de separación y abrazar a Jesús como "una puerta que une", recordando a los peregrinos que la verdadera esperanza cristiana reside en conectar en lugar de dividir.
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee's gender transition ban for minors

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Kate Scanlon |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on June 18 upheld a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender. The question at issue in the case -- United States v.
British Parliament 'effectively decriminalizes' abortion up to birth

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Simon Caldwell |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra

(OSV News) -- Members of British Parliament have voted overwhelmingly in favor of decriminalizing abortion up to birth. After two hours of debate in the House of Commons June 17, with a majority of 242 votes needed, MPs voted 379 to 137 in support of an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, which removes criminal liability from any woman who aborts her child for any reason up to and during birth.
Pope: Resist the 'temptation' of embracing weapons

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Justin Mclellan |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The world must resist the allure of modern weapons which threaten to give conflicts a ferocity surpassing that of previous wars, Pope Leo XIV said. "The heart of the church is torn apart from the cries that arise from places of war," he said at the conclusion of his general audience in St. Peter's Square June 18. "In particular from Ukraine, from Iran, from Israel, from Gaza.""We must not become accustomed to war," the pope said.
Supreme Court takes up appeal from New Jersey faith-based pregnancy centers

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Kate Scanlon |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The Supreme Court said June 16 it will hear an appeal from a group of faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey challenging an investigation by that state's attorney general alleging they misled people about their services and seeking information about their donors. First Choice Women's Resource Centers operates five centers in the Garden State that provide some medical services, including ultrasounds, to women with unplanned pregnancies.