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William Kennedy, author who captured Albany, is telling a story about his father that could very well be a haunting moment from any one of his seven "Albany...

Robert Whitcomb's weekly examination of everything that is important. Only Whitcomb offers such a collection of insights on the global and local issues that matter.

In May 1939, performers from Seattle and Vancouver presented the grandest Catholic festival ever staged in the Pacific Northwest. It celebrated the anniversary of the arrival of two priests, Fathers F

Edwin O’Connor, whose life and literary career were abruptly cut short by his 1968 death at the age of 49, captured the imagination of his audience like few other authors of his time.

Whether you are Catholic or not, Catholic fiction can be entertaining to read and teach valuable lessons. Here are the 20 best Catholic fiction novels.

This St. Patrick’s Day we can find Irish Americans at the height of political power, but they may not be what predecessors like John F. Kennedy and Patrick Moynihan expected.

Echoes is the opinion section of TheBostonPilot.com. The Boston Pilot is a daily news Catholic newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts, covering news and opinion about the Catholic Church and Catholic life. We carry daily news from Boston, New England, US, the Vatican, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Central and Latin America. The Boston Pilot is part of the Pilot Media Group, Americas oldest Catholic newspaper and the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston.

WAKEFIELD — A leg of lamb can be a pretty dangerous thing. In fact, it can kill you … and not just by food poisoning.

Paul Theroux, the quintessential travel writer, has also enshrined his Massachusetts roots in his writing. Here are his recommendations for those who come to visit.

One of the blessings as well as the curses of constitutional democracy is that we keep on having to hold campaigns and elections.