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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Leaders in foster care, adoption look at post-Roe landscape for their ministries

1 day ago | thebostonpilot.com | Katie Yoder |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

Your browser does not support the audio element. (OSV News) -- When Kimberly Henkel and her husband, Greg, first welcomed a baby boy into their home through fostering, they realized in a new way that children are a gift. "He wasn't ours, but what we realized is that no child is truly ours," she told OSV News. "Whether we give birth to this child, whether we foster this child, whether we adopt this child, we get the privilege of taking care of this child and loving this child ...
Home Viewing Roundup for June 2, 2025

1 day ago | thebostonpilot.com | John Mulderig |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

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 15, as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
Commission tells pope universal safeguarding guidelines almost ready

2 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Carol Glatz |Lucia Silecchia |Jenna Cooper

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors hopes to deliver a "Universal Guidelines Framework for Safeguarding" to Pope Leo XIV later this year, the commission said.
Vatican office must be place of faith, charity, not ambition, pope says

2 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Carol Glatz |Lucia Silecchia |Jenna Cooper

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Because of its universal character and outlook, the Catholic Church can be a driving force for building communion between the church of Rome and the local churches as well as fostering friendly relationships in the world community, Pope Leo XIV told members of the Vatican Secretariat of State.
Council of Nicaea anniversary is call to Christian unity, speakers say

2 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Cindy Wooden |Lucia Silecchia |Jenna Cooper

ROME (CNS) -- The Council of Nicaea 1,700 years ago recognized that Christian unity had to be based on a common faith and should be demonstrated by a common celebration of Easter, the most sacred feast of the Christian year, said speakers at a Rome conference. Yet as Christians mark the anniversary of the council, held in 325, they celebrate their common profession of the basics of faith in the Creed adopted at Nicaea while also continuing to experience division, said Paul L.
Pope speaks by phone with Russian leader Putin

2 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Cindy Wooden |Lucia Silecchia |Jenna Cooper

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held their first telephone conversation June 4 with the pope encouraging Putin to make a gesture to show he is serious about peace with Ukraine, the Vatican press office said. "I confirm that this afternoon there was a telephone conversation between Pope Leo XIV and President Putin," said Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office.
With an Augustinian in chair of St. Peter, order sees growing interest in vocations

2 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Simone Orendain |Lucia Silecchia |Jenna Cooper

CHICAGO (OSV News) -- The Augustinian order has been in the spotlight since May 8, the day one of its own was elected pope. Interest in Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, has been steady, and so have the inquiries into joining the U.S. provinces of the men's Order of St. Augustine. Augustinian Father Jeremy Hiers of the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova on the East Coast said in the weeks since then-Cardinal Robert F.
The digital pontiff: Pope Leo XIV makes AI a top issue

2 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Kimberley A. Heatherington |Lucia Silecchia |Jenna Cooper

Your browser does not support the audio element. (OSV News) -- While the world is still just getting to know him, first impressions appear to hint that Pope Leo XIV doesn't seem like a pontiff to say, "I told you so."But maybe he did.
Pope sets consistory to consider declaring eight new saints

2 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Cindy Wooden |Lucia Silecchia |Jenna Cooper

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Although Pope Francis already set Aug. 3 as the date to declare the sainthood of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Pope Leo XIV will hold a meeting with cardinals to approve his canonization and that of seven other people. The meeting, known as an "ordinary public consistory," is scheduled for June 13, the Vatican announced.
Dios quiere ayudar a las personas a descubrir su valor y dignidad, dice el Papa

3 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Carol Glatz |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra |Jenna Cooper

Your browser does not support the audio element. CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Dios ama a cada persona y quiere ayudar a todos a descubrir su valor y dignidad inherentes, especialmente a aquellos que se sienten indignos o poco apreciados, dijo el Papa León XIV.