The Boston Pilot

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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Trump plans to attend Pope Francis' funeral; orders US flags flown at half staff

2 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Kate Scanlon |Violet Hurst

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump plan to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, he said April 21. He also directed federal flags be flown at half-staff in the late pontiff's honor.
El funeral del Papa se celebrará el 26 de abril en la Plaza de San Pedro, su velorio público será del 23 al 25 de abril

2 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Cindy Wooden |Violet Hurst

Your browser does not support the audio element. CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- La Misa funeral del Papa Francisco se celebrará el 26 de abril en la Plaza de San Pedro, anunció el Vaticano. El cardenal Giovanni Battista Re, decano del Colegio Cardenalicio, presidirá la liturgia, que inicia un período de nueve días de luto oficial y misas conmemorativas diarias.
En su testamento final, el Papa Francisco pide un entierro sencillo y reza por la paz

3 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Cindy Wooden |Violet Hurst

Your browser does not support the audio element. CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- En su breve testamento final, el Papa Francisco pidió ser enterrado en la Basílica de Santa María la Mayor de Roma y dijo que había ofrecido su sufrimiento por la paz en el mundo.
In final testament, pope asks for simple burial, prayed for peace

3 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Cindy Wooden |Violet Hurst

Your browser does not support the audio element. VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In his brief final testament, Pope Francis asked to be buried at Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major and said he had offered his suffering for peace in the world. "I offered the suffering present in the latter part of my life to the Lord for world peace and brotherhood among peoples," he wrote in the document dated June 29, 2022, and published by the Vatican April 21, hours after he had died.
Es el amor, no el poder, el que salva al mundo, dice el predicador papal en la Liturgia de la Pasión del Señor

6 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Carol Glatz

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Jesús, quien redimió a la humanidad entregando su vida en la cruz, muestra que no es la fuerza lo que salva al mundo, sino la "debilidad" del amor sin límites, dijo el predicador papal a miles de personas reunidas para la Liturgia de la Pasión del Señor, entre ellas el Vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos JD Vance.
Holy Land Christians have a duty to celebrate Easter despite suffering, patriarch says

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Judith Sudilovsky |Violet Hurst

Your browser does not support the audio element. JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- Christians in the Holy Land not only have the right but also the duty to celebrate Easter despite all the difficulties and conflicts they are now experiencing, said Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, in his recorded video Easter Message released on April 16.
Sudan needs world's attention, funding, peace, faith-based groups say

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Carol Glatz

Your browser does not support the audio element. VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Sudan, which is experiencing the world's largest and most serious hunger and displacement crises, needs urgent and consistent attention from the international community, the head of Caritas Internationalis said.
Snow White and the significance of fairy tales

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Lauretta Brown

Your browser does not support the audio element. Like the catchy tune in their live action remake of Snow White, Disney clearly has some "princess problems" with their classic fairy tale source material. The 2025 retelling suffers from the incoher-ence of the filmmakers' attempt to fix the fairy tale of a princess rescued by a prince with a story of female empowerment.
Pope prays for victims of Dominican nightclub disaster

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | David Agren

Your browser does not support the audio element. (OSV News) -- Pope Francis prayed for the victims of a nightclub disaster in the Dominican Republic that claimed more than 200 lives and has provoked mourning across the Caribbean country.
Several states consider assisted suicide legislation in 2025

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Kate Scanlon |Violet Hurst

Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- As legislators in multiple states seek to advance so-called "medical aid in dying" laws, a Catholic ethicist warned the practice was contrary to both Catholic teaching and American ideals.