Sitemap - 2023 - The Pillar
'I want to see for myself' - Thousands look for miracle at Gower Abbey
‘More difficult than the Camino’: A bishop's guide to St. Cuthbert’s Way
'Simple but not simplistic': On the road with the Eucharistic Revival's test pilgrims
Is it still Christmas? The octave, the 12 days, and what you need to know
'How much God loves me' - Urban youth mission preaches Christ on the peripheries
Meet the 15-year-old who’s selling rosaries around the world
Cardenal Fernández: Las bendiciones a parejas del mismo sexo ‘no convalidan ni justifican nada’
Cardinal Fernández: Same-sex blessing ‘does not validate or justify anything’
Bonus: All aboard the cheese train!
A prayer, an observation, and a list
Starting Seven: December 22, 2023
Is the 'false narrative' narrative a false narrative?
The belles of St. Mary’s: College rescinds transgender policy
African bishops v. ‘Fiducia supplicans’
Müller - ‘Fiducia supplicans’ is ‘self-contradictory’
Starting Seven: December 21, 2023
‘Accommodation’ or ‘evangelization?’ What accounts for regional differences on 'Fiducia supplicans'?
Unappealing prospects after the Vatican trial verdict
Starting Seven: December 20, 2023
‘Fiducia supplicans’: Who’s saying what?
Urban V's icy decree, and a big news week
Cardinal Becciu retains luxury Vatican apartment after conviction
Starting Seven: December 19, 2023
The ‘spirit’ of ‘Fiducia supplicans’
What 'Fiducia supplicans' declares about papal power
Did the pope just permit gay marriage?
‘Fiducia supplicans’: What does it say?
Starting Seven: December 18, 2023
Becciu to appeal ‘absurd’ criminal conviction
Ep. 144: Chant the new Church right out of being ™
Vatican orders closure of community co-founded by Rupnik
Rejoice, love the mothers, and hate the meatballs
Starting Seven: December 15, 2023
Polish bishop reacts to call for changes to religion classes
St. Gianna Beretta Molla's brother declared ‘venerable’
Starting Seven: December 14, 2023
The potential pitfalls of a papal visit to Belgium
Who's buried in Francis' (eventual) tomb?
Starting Seven: December 13, 2023
Have Pope Francis’ financial reforms gone too far to fail?
What is the Vatican doctrine czar saying about cremation?
Nuestra senora, the 'new world' and the discipleship of love
Starting Seven: December 12, 2023
Fr. James Jackson apologizes, claims ‘addiction’ to child porn
Treat Vatican corruption with ‘merciful discretion,’ Pope Francis tells auditors
German appointments burst 'slow-walk' concerns
Steubenville and Columbus diocesan merger back on the table
Slain Omaha priest had troubled past
Starting Seven: December 11, 2023
Ep. 143: Ecclesiastic People of the Year
Cardinal Gregory, and ‘dealing with’ priests
How deeply split are Germany’s bishops?
Grand conspiracies, false messiahs, and rock’n’roll
Starting Seven: December 8, 2023
Strickland not 'barred' from offering Mass, sources say
Monseñor Rolando Álvarez estaría abierto a irse al exilio
Bishop Álvarez would accept exile, health declines
Pope Francis accepts Syro-Malabar head’s resignation, seeks end to ‘liturgy war’
USCCB pulled Native American pastoral text over language
Starting Seven: December 7, 2023
Starting Seven: December 6, 2023
What to know about St. Nicholas - aside from that punch
Prosecutors living in ‘parallel reality,’ Vatican court hears
That Arian punch, clerical cool, and the sound of our stratosphere
‘Now he’s no more’ - Priest nephew of slain priest speaks out
Starting Seven: December 5, 2023
‘Sacrosanctum concilium’ at 60: 6 notable quotes
Agnes Chow chooses exile as Hong Kong police warn ‘no return’ for Catholic activist
Brazilian priest accused of schism faces canonical proceedings
Starting Seven: December 4, 2023
Cardinal Burke notified of Vatican apartment changes
Bonus: God rest Isaac MacGarnigal
Ep. 142: God rest Shane MacGarnigal
Milwaukee priest placed on leave as conduct investigated
Bavaria’s bishops criticize AfD after election success
The Tsar, the rule of law, and the making of a legend
Starting Seven: December 1, 2023
Milwaukee response to clergy complaint raises questions
Pope Francis and the ‘subsidiarity’ of the rule of law
Starting Seven: November 30, 2023
The Long Weekend, Super Sunday, or Double Christmas — how will you do Mass this Dec. 25?
Archbishop orders future priests to take liturgy oath
Starting Seven: November 29, 2023
Mass. priest gets probation after $100k theft charges
‘Difficult times have returned’: The hard work of supporting Christianity in Russia
Burke and the pope, a miraculous medal, and the news
Becciu’s Nixon moment: In media blitz, cardinal insists he is not a crook
Starting Seven: November 28, 2023
Rhoades urges St. Mary’s College to ‘correct’ transgender policy
Bätzing v. Gądecki: What’s behind the clash?
Starting Seven: November 27, 2023
War and faith in Russia and the former Soviet Union
Rome sets red lines for talks with German bishops
Mawkish sentimentality, more to come, and the hardest part
Starting Seven: November 24, 2023
Priests reportedly detained in Belarus
Parish-based ‘Mary’s Closet’ fills a gap in local social services
Starting Seven: November 23, 2023
Ep. 141: God is alive, and He loves you
End of ordination ban in sight as diocese gets coadjutor
Starting Seven: November 22, 2023
Is the Vatican financial trial really nearly over?
Neanderthal poetics, episcopal rhetoric, and the Blessed Mother
Pope Francis warns Germany is ‘steering away’ from universal Church
Starting Seven: November 21, 2023
Iraqi leader meets pope after court rejects cardinal’s lawsuit
Starting Seven: November 20, 2023
Bonus: Coming soon, to a diocese near you
Has the ‘Zuppi mission’ stalled?
Lesser evils, the Bishop of Strickland, and don’t drink alone
Belgium: Mass-going rises but down 40% from 2017
Starting Seven: November 17, 2023
Why they came: The Catholics who rallied for a deposed bishop
Starting Seven: November 16, 2023
Vatican calls for ‘coordinated strategy’ to oppose Freemasonry
Bishops vote to keep abortion as ‘our preeminent priority’
Bishops vote to support cause of Paulist founder
Starting Seven: November 15, 2023
In the red corner: Has Cardinal Pierre isolated himself from the US bishops?
Broglio, Pierre spar on synodality in the US Church
Ghana’s bishops sound alarm as Church shrinks
At USCCB, 2026 is the new 2024
Starting Seven: November 14, 2023
What did the pope say about Sicily’s Bishop Rosario Gisana?
Germany’s synodal committee drops bishops’ vote rule
Starting Seven: November 13, 2023
Pope Francis removes Tyler’s Bishop Strickland
Kidnapped Nigerian priest rescued by Fulani community
8 bishops absent as Germany’s synodal committee meets
Greatness, progressive decline, and every second counts
Starting Seven: November 10, 2023
Abortion could be the ‘preeminent’ debate in Baltimore, again. Here's why
Starting Seven: November 9, 2023
FSSP sees seminarian, membership growth
USCCB to consider catechist ministry plans
DDF responds to transgender dubia
Starting Seven: November 8, 2023
Curious Venezuelan bishop appointment could reflect Church-state struggle
Study: Liberal US priests facing ‘progressive’ extinction
My Arabian day trip, St. Hyacinth, and the news
Starting Seven: November 7, 2023
At Dubai's parish, Catholics find a home
Archbishop says what? Texas diocese responds after episcopal Twitter controversy
By the numbers: Did Aparecida 'work'?
Cardinal Ghirlanda denies papal election changes under consideration
‘Ad theologiam promovendam’: A brief guide for busy readers
Starting Seven: November 6, 2023
Pope Francis looks at ‘synodal reforms’ to papal election process
Ep. 138: A paradigm shift and American Catholicism
German bishop asks pastors to bless same-sex couples
Zen threatens boycott of HK cardinal’s Mass if Beijing bishop attends
Praying for the pope, an artful disclaimer, and when in Rome
Starting Seven: November 3, 2023
French Cardinal Lustiger ‘remained Jewish, as did the Apostles’
Starting Seven: November 2, 2023
Communion and Liberation: Former US leader accused of abusing minors
Switzerland sets new annual church ‘exit’ record
Starting Seven: November 1, 2023
Indian archbishop denies contempt of court in marriage case
Halloween, Cardinal Eijk, and the (less famous) NAC
Ortega regime continues crackdown after 12 priests deported
Starting Seven: October 31, 2023
Ep. 137: The peripheral, marginal poor
Vatican mum on cost of synodality synod
From draft to final text: 10 ways the synod report changed
Cardinal Eijk: ‘I don’t give up’
Starting Seven: October 30, 2023
Synod report proposes ways to foster synodal Church
Our Father, Fr. Rupnik, and the devil’s paradox
Pope Francis waives statute of limitations in Rupnik case
Starting Seven: October 27, 2023
Draft synodal text: Bishops to push back on ‘discernment of controversial issues’
Is the Church really listening to women?
A last reminder about Pillar prices
Starting Seven: October 26, 2023
Romans: Send us your questions!
Nigerian diocese mourns murder of kidnapped monk
In open letter, synod urges more synodality
Fr Marko Rupnik incardinated in Slovenian diocese
A letter from a headless synod?
Starting Seven: October 25, 2023
Cardinal Fernández named to Vatican legal department
Poland sees another dip in new seminarians
My Roman nemesis, bottle episodes, and the Seinfeld synod
Starting Seven: October 24, 2023
What’s eating Germany’s Essen diocese?
Starting Seven: October 23, 2023
Synod: Reform, renewal, or revolution?
Romans Bonus: Wrestling with scripture
'Make the rosary your lifeline' - Why pilgrims came to the Vatican's synod rosary procession
Study: Sacraments in decline in Latin America
Ep. 136: Rome and a rabbit hole
Does it matter who votes at the synod of bishops?
Staying here, nothing is simple, and the shrinking of sumo
Starting Seven: October 20, 2023
The pope, ‘The Wig,’ and Argentina’s Catholic voters
Chinese bishops overstayed exit visas to remain at synod
State Secretariat lawyers challenge Becciu criminal defense
Starting Seven: October 19, 2023
Five killed in latest Nigerian attacks
Is Rome slow-walking German bishop appointments?
Nigeria: Suspected Fulani bandits kidnap 3 in monastery attack
Starting Seven: October 18, 2023
Why did the Chinese bishops leave the synod early?
Pizzaballa: A cardinal in the eye of the storm
In the air, on the road to synodality
Starting Seven: October 17, 2023
Is the pope returning to the United Arab Emirates?
Vatican comms chief ‘clarifies’ unsecured synod file server
Starting Seven: October 16, 2023
Ep. 135: Focus group ecclesiology
Students fight Melbourne Catholic school’s mullet ban
St. Gerald of Aurillac - the saint overshadowed by the dancing sun
‘Normal’ hatred, synodal ‘secrecy’, and ‘original language’
Starting Seven: October 13, 2023
Confidential synodality synod docs posted to unsecured server
Cardinal Tucho’s transparency test
A long way from Bilbao to Helsinki
Starting Seven: October 12, 2023
Why the latest USCCB nominees lean in one direction
Starting Seven: October 11, 2023
At Vatican trial, the limits of prosecution as PR
Poland’s bishops promote ‘civilization of life’ ahead of elections
Solidarity, the news, 'Kids, inc.'
Starting Seven: October 10, 2023
The Champion of Marian shrines
Pope names new archbishop in India’s strife-torn Manipur state
Palestine Christians have no 'margin of maneuver' amid violence
Starting Seven: October 9, 2023
Bonus: The things that set us apart from the animals
Ep. 134: Last chapter syndrome
Calling mom, singing schism, and catwalking to Mars
Starting Seven: October 6, 2023
Vatican State Secretariat frozen out on climate change doc
Synod confidential: The rules that will shape the assembly
Starting Seven: October 5, 2023
Starting Seven: October 4, 2023
Zen calls for synod bishops to petition against ‘plan of manipulation’
‘Laudate Deum’: A brief guide for busy readers
Bp. Stika clarifies: ‘Open letter’ of support ‘could be a fake’
‘To be chaste is to be whole’: Bishop Varden on a neglected virtue
'The dubia' and dental discernment
Starting Seven: October 3, 2023
Pope Francis answers a dubia — Does inaction speak clearer than words?
Nigeria: 8 killed on independence day in latest round of Plateau attacks
APSA urges court to drop ‘private spy’ case against Becciu
‘Spiritual support groups’ create space for Catholics with mental illness
Cardinals ask Pope Francis to answer synod ‘dubia’
Starting Seven: October 2, 2023
Checking in about a change to our prices
Bonus: Baffled, befuddled and bemused
Ep. 133: Conspiracies, transfers and Mikes
Study: Australia’s young Catholic women trend conservative
A crucial moment for Catholic moral theology?
Suiting up, making the case, and guess who’s coming to dinner
Starting Seven: September 29, 2023
Vatican bank claims $1m for reputational damage in financial trial
The Al Smith Dinner Power Rankings
In their own words: The most quotable synod invitees
Starting Seven: September 28, 2023
Steubenville's Monforton appointed Detroit auxiliary
Pontifical commission on minors: Abuse should be at ‘the heart of the Synod’s agenda’
Steubenville merger questions raised, as Monforton calls clergy meeting
Starting Seven: September 27, 2023
Report on Poland’s Catholics finds stark generational divide
Pumpkin spice birthday, and a 'Pachamama moment'
Are bishops instrumentalizing the clerical abuse crisis?
In Knoxville: 'To shine the light'
Starting Seven: September 26, 2023
Bonus: A dentist, a mechanic and the tax man
Superior ‘removed’ from community co-founded with Rupnik
Starting Seven: September 25, 2023
Nigerian priest released after kidnapping
Ep. 132: Virtue, Vice and Ineptitude
Heads of Germany’s synodal way seek papal talks on resolutions
Getting better, the Rupnik implication, and something in the air
Starting Seven: September 22, 2023
Bp. Perry retirement raises questions for USCCB racism committee
Nigerian bishops call for virtue, political reform to combat poverty, violence
Bishops from mainland China to attend synod
Starting Seven: September 21, 2023
Archbishop’s resignation signals end of era for Liechtenstein’s Catholics
Iraqi militia leader ‘used end-around’ to meet with pope
The real mystery of Rome’s Rupnik report
Starting Seven: September 20, 2023
A saint's blood, a bishop-prince, and Pius XII
Starting Seven: September 19, 2023
'Just talk about Christ' - Meet Hakuna, Spain's 'pringado' Catholic youth movement
The Diocese of Rome’s Rupnik problem
Andorra has a prince-bishop. Is that about to change?
Priest kidnapped in southeast Nigeria
Starting Seven: September 18, 2023
Tabernacle stolen from Nigerian parish
Ep. 131: The Diocese of Strickland
Legal battle over ancient Catholic group’s marriage rules heats up
A man named Martin, secrecy for thee, and a sultan for himself
Starting Seven: September 15, 2023
Where in the world are permanent deacons?
The Church's synod enters executive session
Starting Seven: September 14, 2023
Why does canon law tell dioceses to destroy their files?
Seattle archdiocese pulls back pastor resignation request
Deadline puts Syro-Malabar liturgy accord in doubt
Starting Seven: September 13, 2023
Militia leader who clashed with Iraqi cardinal ‘photobombs’ Pope Francis
Christ’s word, falling into a hole, and the news
Mass. priest charged with theft lived with parish employee
Starting Seven: September 12, 2023
Vatican bank rebuts 'impossible' Russian money claims
Swiss bishops plunged into crisis ahead of abuse report
Pope Francis meets to discuss Strickland resignation
Starting Seven: September 11, 2023
Ep. 130: We could use an apparition
Nigerian seminarian burned alive in attack on rectory
Good times, good citizens, and the state of our skies
Starting Seven: September 8, 2023
New talks open to end Syro-Malabar liturgy impasse
Michigan priest allegedly stole $800k from elderly priests
Starting Seven: September 7, 2023
ZdK v. AfD: A new battle line in the German Church
Starting Seven: September 6, 2023
Francis on China’s door-steppe: Next stop Beijing?
Mother Teresa, the news, and 'where’s the salt?'
Here's what’s special about the Ulma family beatification
Seattle archdiocese asks pastors to resign ahead of parish consolidation
Starting Seven: September 5, 2023
Is Teilhard de Chardin being rehabilitated? And who is that, anyway?
Sacrifice and the search for happiness - a philosophical look at religious life
Starting Seven: September 4, 2023
Ep. 129: He doesn’t know me and he doesn’t like me
Red tape deprives Faroe Islands of resident Catholic priest
Feverish enthusiasm, no pleasing some people, and being Batman
Starting Seven: September 1, 2023
Cardinal Arborelius: 'We're all a bit weird'
Catholicism in Mongolia: A timeline
Starting Seven: August 31, 2023
Why is the Archbishop of Lisbon called a patriarch?
McCarrick sexual assault charges dropped
Starting Seven: August 30, 2023
Losing one's head, and is the pope talking about you?
Why a Ukrainian Catholic leader criticized the pope’s Russia remarks
Starting Seven: August 29, 2023
What Berlin’s archbishop said about same-sex blessings
Arlington Carmelites reiterate rejection of bishop’s Vatican-granted authority
Starting Seven: August 28, 2023
Losing their heads - St. John the Baptist (and companions)
Ep. 128: The life and death of Bishop Hubbard
How Argentina's bishops grapple with their country's past
Scharfenberger: Hubbard 'not uncontroversial' bishop 'at times'
The Carnegie riot, the rule of law, and No Touchee Run
Details emerge on Fr. Alex Crow; questions raised in Mobile
Jesuits face crackdown, after long history with Nicaragua's Ortega
More US bishops require permission for priests to celebrate 'ad orientem'
Texas nuns ‘recognize’ Bishop Olson, reject ‘unauthorized’ authority
Report: Four priests removed from Syro-Malabar seminary over liturgy protest
Is a Syro-Malabar schism inevitable?
Queen Mary, 'funereal coherence,' and fightin' rams
Torzi starts new company as Vatican trial continues
Mass resistance: Syro-Malabar priests defy papal delegate’s deadline
Bishop Olson: Carmelite nuns might be excommunicated
Bishop Howard Hubbard dies at 84
Ep. 127: The case against Crow
After stroke, Hubbard anointed, diocese asks for prayers
Carmelites 'no longer recognize' Fort Worth bishop's authority
Free to disagree, the case against Crow, and y’all on Instagram
The canonical case against Fr. Alex Crow
Delegate declares deadline in Syro-Malabar dispute, promises penalties
Jimmy Lai remains in jail despite overturned conviction
Will Fulton Sheen finally be beatified?
'Between life and death' - How a priest aims to help traumatized Nigerians
‘Are you with the pope or against him?’: Papal delegate’s ultimatum to Syro-Malabar protestors
The Assumption, the news, and why I don't like 'Oppenheimer'
Former Caritas sec gen: ‘Cardinal Tagle was an effective leader’
That’s a pretty big Assumption
What is an impeded see, anyway?
Australian archbishop says married indigenous priests 'highly likely'
Ep. 126: Prelatures and pickleball
A look behind the WYD Eucharist controversy
Back to school, back to the future, and back to Ohio
Starting Seven: August 11, 2023
‘We lost the whole town’ - Hawaii priest asks for prayers after Maui wildfire
Hong Kong police arrest Catholic activist under national security law
How 'Traditionis custodes' brought American liturgy wars back to the future
Starting Seven: August 10, 2023
‘Cuando he abierto los ojos, veía perfectamente’ ¿Un milagro en la JMJ?
Polish archbishop apologizes for harm caused by exorcist-led group
Starting Seven: August 9, 2023
‘Individual, unrepeatable, and valuable’: How Edith Stein served people with disabilities
What the pope changed about prelatures
St. Dominic, secret shopper, and balloon harpoons
'While Father’s away’ — The priests who cover Masses, and the secret shoppers who grade them
Starting Seven: August 8, 2023
Tenn. Catholics find ‘tsunami of generosity’ in parish 'Buy Nothing' group
Parishes refuse to read out papal delegate’s liturgy letter
DJ priests, a possible WYD miracle, and waves of love
Starting Seven: August 7, 2023
Badly kept secrets, ‘slipping bags,’ and looking down on people
With SCV visitation underway, suppression seems unlikely
WYD: Bringing Arabs together, and keeping Russians and Ukrainians apart
SF archdiocese could declare bankruptcy
Ep. 125: World Youth Day Barbie
When we were young, when you’re not married, and when you know what’s coming
At World Youth Day: ‘The biggest job I’ll ever have’
Starting Seven: August 4, 2023
Cardinal Sako: ‘I am ready to give up my life for the Church’
Is the Vatican a den of spies?
‘I am a person with great hope’: Meet the Church’s only Bhutanese priest
Francis’ European challenge and Christmas card conversion
Starting Seven: August 3, 2023
Iraqi cardinal sets out conditions for return to Baghdad
WYD Lisbon passes first test, despite vanishing pilgrims and risky swims
Starting Seven: August 2, 2023
Former Albany bishop tries marriage after Vatican refuses to laicize him
‘Charity is evangelization’: How a priest helped revive a Lisbon neighborhood
St. Peter lived to die another day, the news, and pray for Sr. Mercy
Starting Seven: August 1, 2023
How interreligious dialogue got a front-row seat at World Youth Day
Jesuit named papal delegate to diocese at heart of ‘liturgy war’
At World Youth Day, it’s not easy being green
Is Vietnam the Vatican’s template for China?
'Everything is lost for them' - A humanitarian crisis for Armenians
Grimm truth, the 14 million dollar man, and stars in our eyes
The scientists who dissented from Humanae Vitae
The case against Cardinal Angelo Becciu
‘Is WYD for rich people only?’: Pilgrims in developing world denied visas
‘I still see my friends in my dreams’ - Stories from Boko Haram survivors
How the Jesuits could have laicized Rupnik, and why they should have
‘Please try not to drown’ — Top tips for WYD pilgrims in Portugal
World Youth Day, and Ed's got a fast car (allegedly)
Vatican judges sets court date for auditor general’s lawsuit
Sweden gains shrine to Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians
‘Christ is the center and standard’: An interview with Switzerland’s Bishop Bonnemain
Bishop Strickland: 'They won't stop me'
Ep. 123: The sublime and the ridiculous
Going home, inviting disappointment, and for the record
LA Bishop-elect Bahhuth was once a Melkite, and is now a Latin Catholic. How does that work?
Becciu insists Vatican prosecutor’s case is ‘far from reality’
Tucho and the Teutons: What the new DDF prefect thinks of Germany
Beginning of the end in Vatican financial trial
German cardinals' tomb sign on abuse records stirs debate
Omaha priest gets probation; gave homeless man $700k
Talking with Tucho, and you did it!
'El crecimiento de la teología católica': habla el Cardenal Víctor Manuel Fernández
‘The growth of Catholic theology’ - Pope Francis’ doctrinal chief speaks
How Rome lost the Vatican-China deal
Iraqi cardinal to leave Baghdad after president’s snub
How Cardinal Zuppi's visits played in Ukraine
Handy advice on the Our Father at Mass
Ep. 122: Pope Francis’ Very Big Week
Alaska reverses ban on altar wine in prisons
Fruitful life, editorial heresy, and they who only cricket know
Alaska ban on altar wine blocks prison Masses
Smoking ceremony welcomes Australian bishop to his diocese — what’s that?
The rise of Bishop Américo Aguiar
Can the new cardinals vote yet?
The Vatican’s other peace mission
'Feel the rush' and all that jazz
By the numbers: Pope Francis and the College of Cardinals
The ‘Lynx’ of Lodz: Who is Poland’s new cardinal?
'Hice lio' - Francis has a legacy week
Catholics in Goa threatened by calls to ‘wipe out’ history of Portuguese presence
Can the Vatican still fund the missions?
JD Flynn, Bishop Álvarez, and the Bishop of Lindisfarne
How talks to free Nicaragua’s Bishop Álvarez failed
A question of ‘discipline’: Is Archbishop Fernández up to the DDF job?
New DDF prefect addresses ‘confusion’ over same-sex blessings
Cathedral official removed amid Syro-Malabar liturgy dispute
Who’s next? The other cardinals Francis will soon have to replace
Working groups unveiled to advance ‘synodal way’ resolutions
‘There’s no Plan B, only Plan F’ — Inside the countdown to World Youth Day
The German Church’s taxing problem
At Oklahoma parishes, date nights help foster ‘Marriage in His Image’
Archbishop Fernández named Vatican doctrinal chief
Ep. 121: Could we get some better wine, please?
Bishop Olson ‘grateful’ after Texas court dismisses nuns’ lawsuit
Where does Peter’s Pence come from — and where does it go?
De las villas al ‘fin del mundo: ¿Quién es el nuevo arzobispo de Buenos Aires?
From the ‘villas’ to the ‘end of the world’: Who is the new Archbishop of Buenos Aires?
American summer, Roman art, and Russian icons
Massachusetts expert: McCarrick not competent to stand trial
Vatican faces backlash after denying ‘nihil obstat’ to dean
German Catholics left Church in record numbers last year
Texas court hears tape in Fort Worth diocese vs. nuns case
Syro-Malabar protestors burn archbishop’s liturgy letter
French diocesan bishops become auxiliaries in rare move
Stika after resignation: ‘I myself was a victim of abuse’
The Mother of God, news from Knoxville, and all the news
Fulani attacks leave at least 30 dead this month
‘The scale of torture these days is off the charts’
In Australia, sisters’ no-interest loan program helps alleviate economic crisis
Apostolic visitation completed in Tyler diocese
In their words – Untold stories of victims of violence in Nigeria
Mass in ‘Masonic Auditorium’ raises questions
Archbishop issues ultimatum in Syro-Malabar liturgy dispute
A wildman, some quiet time, and the kids are alright
Piché to return to ministry in Minnesota archdiocese
Ep. 120: The great mystery of Orlando
Frozen bank accounts are freezing the Church in Nicaragua. Here's why
How the synodal way split Germany’s bishops
Former Vatican auditor suing the Holy See dies aged 63
Why Cardinal Ghirlanda became patron of the Knights of Malta
Synod of the Round Tables: How October’s meeting will work
'Freed from sin', and Christ in our weakness
Vatican issues synod on synodality working document
USCCB debate on priest formation plan was part of broader pushback
Knights of Columbus continue review of Rupnik art in chapels
'No discussion' — Priests respond to USCCB address on priesthood
Manipur archbishop: 249 churches destroyed in 36 hours
Bishops approve ERD review, after ‘broad consultation’ concerns
Doubt hangs over deal to reopen Syro-Malabar cathedral
The zen of the river, the synodality of the nuncio, and the soul of golf
Eight questions with Archbishop Broglio
Is there a future for Archbishop Pierre’s synodality?
Nuncio: Eucharistic Revival is part of the synodal process
Jesuit order expels Fr Marko Rupnik
Hospital doing transgender surgeries is not Catholic, San Fran archdiocese says
USCCB meets with looming McCarrick anniversary
Sanctions, division, or dialogue: What will end India’s ‘liturgy war’?
LA archdiocese urges prayer, not rally, amid Dodgers controversy
A USCCB preview, and JD's big 'trip'
Meet the ‘Shreveport Martyrs’ - the five potential saints on the USCCB agenda this week
UK bishop’s errors left people at risk, says safeguarding review
Bishop Olson will ‘not be drawn’ into public debate on Carmelite monastery
Dios está en los pucheros… Y en MasterChef: Entrevista con Fray Marcos García OP
Finding 'God in pots and pans' - and on MasterChef
Ep. 119: JD and Ed are going to Olive Garden
Catholic, Orthodox theologians agree on first new text since 2016
Solidarity, sowing what you reap, and Theseus’ watch
Fr. James Jackson pleads guilty to child porn charge
Bongs, edibles, and rival police reports — what’s new in the Fort Worth convent case?
Cardinal Zuppi is a man on a mission. But what is the mission?
'A deep sense of hope' - An abbess reflects on Sister Wilhemina
‘Vatican bank’ reports profits of progress
French bishop who oversaw vocations boom awaits pope’s verdict
Indian bishop denied bail in alleged conversion case
Smurfs, saints, and Vegas baby, Vegas
What happens in Vegas: Sunday in America’s newest archdiocese
Ukrainian trust in Vatican low as Zuppi begins peace mission
Pope Francis stacks the Vatican ‘supreme court’ — but why?
Trinity icon venerated in Moscow cathedral as war rages
KC archbishop clarifies wine validity norms
Ep. 118: A wedding and an onion of surprise
Rightsizing, a Texas showdown, and Mr. Windsor goes to Washington
Olson dismisses Carmelite superior, restores daily Mass
‘To stand up for our faith’ — Trevor Williams on the LA Dodgers and respect at the ballpark
Nuncio: Indian bishop asked to resign for ‘the good of the Church’
Priest sworn in as governor of Nigerian state
Updated: Vatican appoints Olson 'commissary' of Carmelite nuns
Ireland is diversifying, says Dublin archbishop after census results
This is a newsletter! Gower, Rosary mysteries, and the politics of 'family compact'
Fort Worth bishop bans daily Mass until nuns drop lawsuit
Ep. 117: Something remarkable in Gower
For Joan of Arc, history 'bent' toward justice
Vatican judges dismiss defense motions, end evidence phase in financial trial
Viva Arch Vegas! LV diocese elevated
Survey finds fervor among young French Catholics
Could Brazil’s ‘Surfer Angel’ be the sport’s new patron saint?
Quiet fire, the problem with good ideas, and never sometimes
Sex, money, and cloistered nuns? The strange case of Bishop Olson and the Fort Worth Carmelites
‘Anti-Catholicism cannot go unanswered’ - Cordileone challenges charges on Serra vandalism case
After Illinois: What does the AG report recommend, and can it work?
When it comes to bodies, just how ‘incorrupt’ is ‘incorruptible’?
Portugal euthanasia law still faces opposition
Monks target contraband Trappist beer sales
Martyrs, bishops, and keeping our souls
When Catholics could be Masons(?)
Man vandalizes altar at church engulfed in liturgy dispute
German bishops’ leader: Lay homilies still on the agenda
Ep. 116: Our papal clickbait episode
Nicaragua seminary faculty closure was likely forced compromise
Hundreds kidnapped from Nigerian villages as violence intensifies
Out of season, out of sight, and out of time
Who is the new Caritas secretary-general?
Right, left, and center, why is no cardinal good enough to be papabile anymore?
Nigeria: Suspected Fulani militia kill 100 in ongoing attacks
Two Ascensions? Do I celebrate 'Ascension Thursday' or 'Ascension Sunday'?
RIP: Government drops plan to force takeover of Sydney Catholic cemeteries
Iraqi cardinal defended amid social media attacks
Taking 'stock,' a Marshall matter, and that Tyler tweet
Why Pope Francis never went home again
What Vatican City's new law could mean for laypeople
Critics see red over French clergy ID card
Vatican to ask Stika for resignation
Ep. 115: 'Their God is my God'
After Germany’s ‘synodal way,’ a power struggle
Watching America, diary of a monster, and a time to sing
How much progress is the Vatican financial watchdog making?
The mysterious saint: Who is the 21st Coptic martyr now recognized by the Vatican?
After Brownsville deaths, Venezuelan families mourn
Government announces plan to nationalize Catholic hospital in Australian capital
Bolivian bishops offer 'solidarity' after Pedrajas abuse report
Why are churches burning in India’s Manipur state?
An epic problem and humanitarian balloons
Parents raise 'epic' book problem in Catholic schools
Episcopal accountability and the 'spirituality of reparation'
‘Household’ gatherings offer intentional community at South Bend parish
The battle for Catholicism’s soul in Germany: An interview with Emeka Ani
Swearing in church, the first rule of Fight Club, and royal eccentrics
Why Charles III will be anointed at his coronation
Bishop of new Nigerian diocese urged to make peace amid ethnic conflict
Order of Malta elects new Grand Master
Does Francis have a secret plan for peace in Ukraine?
ChatGPT read the ‘Digital Synod’ Vatican report, in case you didn't
Chicago’s Bishop Perry appointed head of USCCB committee against racism
Syro-Malabar leaders to discuss lasting peace for ‘liturgy war’ at Vatican
Faith, the crown, and King Charles
Divine Mercy, under a Venezuelan sun
Dialogue with the state ‘not about kowtowing’, says HK bishop
Solidarity Health fails federal disclosure requirements, despite promising change
Vatican restricted retired French archbishop in 2021
American Renaissance, mixed signals, and a political supastar
Starting Seven: April 28, 2023
Mincione battles Vatican state and Italian press in UK courts
Why has Cardinal Hollerich changed his tune on the ‘synodal way’?
Starting Seven: April 27, 2023
Synod of bishops gets more lay members
Bishop Stika's 'miracle' gold ring
Starting Seven: April 26, 2023
Church grows as South Korea's population shrinks
St. Mark, Paglia, and a Texas basilica
Life after death: Texas abortion clinic set to become parenting center
Starting Seven: April 25, 2023
The debate over Germany’s departed faithful
What did Archbishop Paglia say this time?
Wonder, the faith, and the brain
Starting Seven: April 24, 2023
Ep. 112: Eastertide resolutions
Looking young, a Roman holiday, and an artificial interview
Head of Australian ordinariate to step down
Starting Seven: April 21, 2023
Robert’s rules: How the new prefect for bishops could reshape the US Church
Strasbourg archbishop tenders resignation but defends tenure
Indian archdiocese makes marriage concession amid court battle
Starting Seven: April 20, 2023
Ukraine monastery embroiled in church-state standoff
How Pope Francis changed Eastern Catholic synods
Vatican court rejects appeal over Indian Church land deals
Starting Seven: April 19, 2023
Newsletter construction, JD's quest, and the news
Former German bishops’ chairman faces ‘Vos estis’ probe
Starting Seven: April 18, 2023
McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teen in Wisconsin, amid controversial AG probe
Chow’s China visit: ‘Our man on the mainland,’ or just a man in the middle?
Stika: Blaming alleged victim in rape case was in good faith
Europe’s synod report: A reader’s guide
Starting Seven: April 17, 2023
Eucharistic pilgrimage expected to 'restrict' adoration in Chicago archdiocese
The longest day, inevitable incoherence, and waking Fr. Bob
Can anyone at the Vatican agree on who’s a ‘vulnerable adult’?
‘You want open-ended questions’
Oklahoma Catholics press forward in bid for nation’s first religious charter school
Why is Opus Dei holding an extraordinary general congress?
Finding God in the Netherlands
Christ is Risen! The Easter Pillar Post!
Documenting the 'experts' of Vatican II
Milan archbishop overhauls seminary formation as numbers drop
‘Pacem in terris’ at 60: A brief guide to a landmark encyclical
At small Ohio parish, evangelization starts with a candle
Pirates, communists, and revolutionaries
Fasting, fake meat, and what 'abstinence' isn't : A Lenten Pillar Explainer
'Charm city' lessons for Lori and the USCCB
How Beijing Shanghai'd the ‘spirit’ of the Vatican-China deal
Why Nicaragua's cardinal is facing criticism over 'collaboration' with the Ortega regime
Pope Francis updates penal code for Eastern Churches
Swiss bishop bans charismatic community
China installs new bishop in Shanghai, despite local opposition
Holy Week, floating a balloon, and pray for my parents
'I have forgiven them' - Women kidnapped by Boko Haram met with Pope Francis
Is China about to do it again?
Polish bishops regulate social media use by clerics
Life in 'El Chipote' - A Nicaraguan priest's story of prison, torture and exile
Vatican rejects 'doctrine of discovery.' What's that?
Papal heli-skiing, a cardinal's surprise, and the king of France
Starting Seven: March 30, 2023
The ancient Catholic group battling to keep its unique marriage rules
Cardinal Roche to German bishops: ‘Nein’ to regular lay baptisms and preaching at Mass
Starting Seven: March 30, 2023
World War Z? Zollner's resignation and the credibility of papal reform
What’s the problem with Freemasonry, anyway?
Starting Seven: March 29, 2023
A grassroots Eucharistic 'revival' unfolds in the Bronx
The Cross of Christ, 'Vos estis,' and other news
‘Aiming at human flourishing’ - Catholic teacher credentialing program has lofty goals
Starting Seven: March 28, 2023
Popular Church architecture scholar accused of ‘sexually inappropriate’ conduct with seminarians
Why did Pope Francis accept Bishop Bode’s resignation?
Massachusetts diocese issues law banning hookup apps
Starting Seven: March 27, 2023
Pope Francis accepts resignation of German bishops’ VP
Pope Francis promulgates revised 'Vos estis' - Here's what changed
A journalist investigated JPII's handling of abuse claims. Here’s what he found
The good news about Substack, Germany, and firing squads
Is German Catholicism’s global influence waning?
Starting Seven: March 24, 2023
Milwaukee priest loses confession faculties after confession column
Why Italian godfathers sleep with the fishes
Starting Seven: March 23, 2023
French bishop moves to end Traditional Latin Mass standoff
Starting Seven: March 22, 2023
Peña Parra and the rule of law: Has anything changed in the Vatican?
The news, the glory of God, and St. Benedict's holy death
Starting Seven: March 21, 2023
Top Vatican official admits spying on banker’s phone
Cardinal Tagle and the Dicastery for Evangelization’s growing pains
Starting Seven: March 20, 2023
The pope and the US auxiliaries
Ep. 109: Open the eyes of Ed’s heart
'Healed by the Eucharist' - Minnesota ministry aims to bring communion to survivors
St. Patrick’s Day, saving face, and seeing things
Lenten fish sandwiches, by the numbers. And the taste
Starting Seven: March 17, 2023
NY deacon gets 16 years for 'enticing' minors via Grindr
Why priests steal — researchers look to ‘fraud triangle’ in parish life
Starting Seven: March 16, 2023
Francis, Germany, and the 'schism card'
Vatican court tosses objections to Milone lawsuit
Starting Seven: March 15, 2023
Sample elected to USCCB exec committee
On same-sex blessings, Belgium and Germany take different paths
‘They ruined it all’: What went wrong with the Portuguese abuse commission
Starting Seven: March 14, 2023
'The storms are rising ... We go onward!' - Cardinal Collins on the mission of the Church
Becciu's Marogna money was to handle press, claims Chaouqui
Germany’s synodal way: How delegates voted and what’s next
Starting Seven: March 13, 2023
Ep. 108: Our St. Patrick’s Day episode
German synodal way backs same-sex blessings
Going home, Chinese whispers, and cinematic star wars
Starting Seven: March 10, 2023
‘Fraternally Francis’ - The Becciu - Francis letters hit Vatican courtroom
Nicaraguan govt shutters Catholic universities, aid agency
Pope Francis confirms new statutes, independence for Vatican bank
Rupnik concelebration raises questions on restrictions
Call to ‘abolish the clergy’ ignites controversy in Belgium
Tensions rise on eve of last German synodal way assembly
Maternal martyrs, the news, and the Father's love
Cardinal Hollerich among new members of pope’s Council of Cardinals
Pro-life leaders split from Pavone-led alliance
The PR of Vatican financial reform
Amarillo diocese: Pavone got 'harassment' training after allegations
Ep. 107: Francis Fukuyama is an idiot
Abuse study faults influential German churchman
Confession time, synodal AI, and calling a shot
Children’s adoration offers young families a chance for prayer, community
Pope Francis raises cardinals' rent over 'economic crisis'
How AI helped shape Asia’s synod document
Bonus: Bishop Paprocki talks 'heretical’ cardinals
Paprocki: We’ve ‘passed beyond the point of private conversations’
Which path will German bishops take on the ‘synodal council’?
The shot heard 'round the conference, and being last
Starting Seven: February 28, 2023
With Nicaragua’s Bishop Álvarez in prison, what happens to his diocese?
McCarrick’s lawyers say he lacks mental competence to stand trial
Other Steubenvilles? What U.S. dioceses might face merger plans?
Cardinal Ricard: Prosecutors close case, Vatican probe continues
Starting Seven: February 27, 2023
Ep. 106: There’s knavery afoot
L’Arche after Vanier: ‘We’ve moved on from Jean’
Joyful penance, the spirit of Vatican I, and the old ball game
Starting Seven: February 24, 2023
German bishops’ leader wants ‘common line’ on same-sex blessings ahead of synodal way vote
The cost of communion - Is the Eucharistic Congress too expensive?
Starting Seven: February 23, 2023
Medina admitted killing LA Bishop O'Connell
Does Roche’s rescript dispense with Vatican II?
The ‘whole point of Lent’: Bishop Erik Varden on finding God this Lent
Starting Seven: February 22, 2023
Rupnik could be expelled from Jesuits after new abuse allegations
‘I confess.’ How confession is changing this Lent
The rescript, Lent, and prayers for Bishop O'Connell
Nigerian Christians brace for election as Islamic clerics call all-Muslim ticket 'a jihad'
Starting Seven: February 21, 2023
Bishop O'Connell homicide suspect is housekeeper's husband
'Marked with the sign of faith'
IOR president was offered ‘protection’ to approve London deal
'Person of interest' arrested in LA Bishop O'Connell homicide
Starting Seven: February 20, 2023
LA Bishop O'Connell died by 'murder,' sheriff says
LA aux O'Connell dead; cause of death unconfirmed
Bonus: Catholic education with Dr. Jonathan Sanford
Meet the pro-choice atheist skeptical about the UK's abortion ‘buffer zone’ law
Martyrs everywhere, journalism in Venezuela, and the ‘truth’ on YouTube
Starting Seven: February 17, 2023
Dispensing with Lent for St. Paddy’s Friday
A bishop and a kingpin — The unusual situation of the Church in Venezuela
Dutch cardinal defends plan to end Sunday celebrations without priests
Starting Seven: February 16, 2023
Can Pope Francis avoid the Welby trap?
Starting Seven: February 15, 2023
‘Scores of Christians killed, others displaced’ - Nigerian think tank builds ‘atrocities database’
Vocabulary of a synod: Are the synodal reports speaking the same language?
Starting Seven: February 14, 2023
Independent report estimates nearly 5000 abuse victims in Portugal
‘Let them be free’: Nicaraguan Bishop Álvarez begins 26 years in prison
Bankruptcy and 'equity': Can US dioceses do better?
Starting Seven: February 13, 2023
Ep. 105: Western wear and transatlantic trips
Europe’s synod meeting calls for ‘courageous decisions’ on role of women
Former Priests for Life board member calls for Pavone resignation, investigation
Roche’s gamble — and the Vatican law of power
Why things matter, Feds in the pews, and the places we go to sit down
Starting Seven: February 10, 2023
Meet the priest highlighting England’s abortion ‘censorship zones’
Pittsburgh diocese to regulate 'ad orientem' Masses
Nicaraguan priests, seminarians among prisoners deported to US
Starting Seven: February 9, 2023
Another woman comes forward with Pavone allegations
French diocese gets apostolic visitation after ordinations suspended
Starting Seven: February 8, 2023
As Worcester bucks a trend, will US dioceses keep naming names?
Saint Apollonia's teeth, and the balloon wars
Polish delegate warns of temptation to ‘build some other Church’ at synod
Starting Seven: February 7, 2023
Stika asks judge to seal 'Vos estis' records
Ukraine Catholic Church moves from Russian-affiliated Julian calendar
German leaders make pitch for ‘synodal way’ at Europe’s synod meeting
For Congolese Catholics, Pope Francis’ words had real power
Starting Seven: February 6, 2023
Court asked to intervene after liturgy dispute shuts down cathedral
The Church in Africa, by the numbers
Candlemas lights, showdown in Prague, and what evil is
Starting Seven: February 3, 2023
Steubenville diocese to face 'health audit' after merger fracas
‘Mending the nets’ - USCCB education chair Daly on Catholic schools
Starting Seven: February 2, 2023
Young bishop of Russian Orthodox Church: Ukraine war is ‘scandalous’
What will happen at Europe’s synodal continental assembly?
Protestors plan ‘Go to Hell’ march for Cardinal Pell’s burial
Starting Seven: February 1, 2023
Stika told priests accused seminarian was 'victimized'
Bosco, a 'polarization' warning, and running aground
Order in the Order: Knights of Malta meet Francis after chapter general
Starting Seven: January 31, 2023
The theology of Cardinal McElroy's synodal essay
Can Pope Francis’ Africa trip make a difference?
Why is the Vatican reassuring bishops over the synodality synod?
Pope Francis names Chicago native head of Vatican bishops’ department
Starting Seven: January 30, 2023
Ep. 104: Watches, Pavone and papal banter
German bishops’ leader sees ‘middle way’ on council of laity and bishops
Benedict’s book, McElroy’s McDonald’s, and the cost of doing business
Cardinal McElroy, Pope Francis and the synod
Starting Seven: January 27, 2023
‘What is Christianity’: A reader’s guide to Benedict XVI’s last book
Vatican lawyers deploy full court press against former auditor
Starting Seven: January 26, 2023
Germany vs the Amazon: Is the Vatican being consistent?
Starting Seven: January 25, 2023
Why some pro-lifers think ‘free birth’ should be the next policy goal
Pavone was accused of 'sexual misconduct' before laicization
Going Dutch, Das Deutsch, and De Sales
Is the Vatican clericalist in all the wrong places?
Starting Seven: January 24, 2023
Going Dutch? Bishops, university split over Catholic identity
Bishop Kurt’s rising Ruthenian star
Vatican weighs in on German plan for governing 'council' of laity and bishops
Vatican coins in the fountain! A brief history of Church coinage
Starting Seven: January 23, 2023
‘Persecution has not stopped Christianity’ - Slain Nigerian priest's nephew sees hope amid grief
German diocese guide on ‘sexual diversity’ is sharp contrast to Vatican texts
Pope Francis reviewed 2nd Cardinal Ouellet misconduct allegation
A ‘pigeon pope’, groundhogs in Texas, and being pro-life in London
Starting Seven: January 20, 2023
Why Casey and Sr. Mary Casey march for life
‘We want women to thrive’ - A look inside a Chicago maternity home
Ep. 103: You are the problem, JD Flynn
‘Pope Francis unleashed’ vs the ‘conservative plot’ — are either real?
Starting Seven: January 19, 2023
How steep is Poland’s drop in Mass attendance?
Vatican priest advisor on sexuality barred from priestly ministry
Starting Seven: January 18, 2023
Has Pope Francis denied Cardinal Becciu due process?
St. Anthony the Abbot, a holy death, and a blubber bomb
With the trial of Bishop Álvarez, has the Ortega regime intimidated Nicaragua’s bishops?
Starting Seven: January 17, 2023
Choose your own Vatican trial: Serious or soap opera?
Bishops’ meeting ends without breakthrough on liturgy dispute
Starting Seven: January 16, 2023
Nigerian priest killed in Sunday attack; another in critical condition
Ep. 102: Let's talk about the facts
‘A colossal loss’ - Fire destroys Nigerian seminary buildings
Stika is 'pillar' of community, state Senate spox says
Knowing Cardinal Pell, Chaput on ‘anti-Francis’ bishops, and the hubris of oyster sexing
Chaput: 'Speaking the truth is polarizing'
Starting Seven: January 13, 2023
Does the Vatican prosecutor have a strategy, or just style?
Australians pay tribute to Cardinal Pell as state funeral ruled out
‘Nothing but the Truth’: A reader’s guide to Archbishop Gänswein’s memoir
Starting Seven: January 12, 2023
After excommunication, Rupnik renovated St. Ignatius’ cave
Cardinal Pell: The claims, the facts, and the verdict
Nigeria’s bishops push Buhari on terrorism, corruption; Buhari reportedly pushes back
Starting Seven: January 11, 2023
Cardinal George Pell dead at 81
Vatican court schedules hearing for auditor’s lawsuit despite investigation
Hot air, balloons, and (mostly) liturgy news
The Russian invasion could change the date of Ukraine's Christmas. Here's how
Starting Seven: January 10, 2023
Nigerian bishop condemns 'jihadism' and 'caste systems' while calling for new political movement
Benedict XVI's 'radical renewal' of worship
Starting Seven: January 9, 2023
Where things stand in the Syro-Malabar ‘liturgy war’
Ep. 101: God rest Benedict XVI
What to make of a Benedict funeral Communion 'scandal'
Wassailing in Rome, goodbye to ‘Fr. Benedict’, and how I got here
Starting Seven: January 6, 2023
Why ‘Santo subito?’ - The Catholics who say Benedict XVI was a saint
A funeral for a ‘pope emeritus’
‘Santo subito!’: Catholics say emotional farewell to Benedict XVI at funeral Mass
Starting Seven: January 5, 2023
‘He’s a saint for me’ - Why people lined up to mourn Benedict XVI
The Roman Canon won’t be used at Benedict XVI’s funeral Mass. Is that a big deal?
Beijing says Catholic HK chief executive can reject Jimmy Lai’s lawyer
Starting Seven: January 4, 2023
‘Predictions of future danger’: A Catholic response to risk awareness in the modern world
Starting Seven: January 3, 2023
Zurek letter explained Pavone laicization plan
Benedict, Francis, and the future of papal retirements
Pope Benedict’s most important legacy is Francis