2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (317+ words) HAWTHORNE, N. Y. (OSV News) -- The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, who operate a 42-bed nursing home that provides palliative care for the dying poor, are suing New York state over a 2024 law requiring long-term care facilities to use preferred pronouns and assign…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (237+ words) (OSV News) -- The Trump administration has canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami for sheltering unaccompanied migrant children, leaving just three months to place an unspecified number of children. The federal Office of Refugee Resettlement…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (359+ words) ROXBURY -- Two years ago, St. Patrick Parish in Roxbury held a 24-hour Eucharistic vigil for the son of parishioner John Barros. Barros's son was dying of cancer, and parishioners were praying for a miracle. Barros later realized that the miracle…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (207+ words) Q: In the Apostles Creed, we say that Jesus "descended into hell" after he died on the cross. But why would Jesus go to hell if he was sinless? A: The short answer is that Jesus was not sent to hell. .. Nation…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (240+ words) (OSV News) -- The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation announced a series of initiatives across several continents that will take place throughout 2026 to mark the centenary of Pope Benedict XVI's birth. In a statement announcing the yearlong events April 14, the foundation…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (287+ words) Fifty years ago, America was gearing up to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The anniversary was a cause for celebration, and also an opportunity for organizations throughout the country to reflect on their relationship to American history,…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (72+ words) The Boston Pilot Bamenda's archbishop: Papal visit to Cameroon has brought miracles before it even begins by Ngala Killian Chimtom, OSV News Listen to this article now BAMENDA, Cameroon (OSV News) -- Cameroon is abuzz with anticipation as the nation prepares…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (228+ words) (OSV News) -- As Pope Leo XIV makes his first apostolic journey to Africa April 13-23, some scholars of the Church's past are hoping he won't just make history -- but that he'll also help the wider Church recover that history. 'It's important…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (230+ words) Published Apr. 10 2026. Local. The Boston Pilot SP_Local Apr. 10 2026 America's oldest Catholic newspaper East Boston parish continues Good Friday Passion play tradition EAST BOSTON -- "We already have the cross over here," says Gloria Landaverde, a parishioner at Most Holy Redeemer Parish in…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (288+ words) ALGIERS (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV honored the memory of Algeria's Christian martyrs Monday evening, telling the country's tiny Catholic community that the blood of those who died for their faith remains 'a living seed that never ceases to bear…...