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News and analysis covering the Catholic Church, founded by @JDFlynn and @canonlawyered. https://t.co/ZMVTtoWEI6
Joined January 2021
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. @PillarCatholic cofounder @canonlawyered and his wife Mrs Condon welcomed into the world a new baby daughter this morning. Name pending, but sources tell @PillarCatholic it could be soon.
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#Breaking: Cardinal Joseph Zen has urged bishops to push back against 'manipulation' in the synod on synodality.
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#Breaking:.Rep. Nancy Pelosi has been barred from Holy Communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, offer her efforts to codify abortion protections in federal law.
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Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, one of the world’s foremost theologians and the first pope to retire in almost 600 years, has died at the age of 95.
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The share of new U.S. priests identifying as theologically “progressive” has fallen so low that the phenomenon has “all but vanished,” a new report says.
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"To avoid creating confusion among the faithful, we direct that for pastoral reasons, blessings of any kind and for same-sex unions of any kind, are not permitted in Malawi.” . - Malawi bishops' conference.
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French Catholics who have attended Traditional Latin Masses outside a closed chapel for more than two years will now be offered regular Sunday Masses using the 1962 missal in a local chapel.
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Pope Francis met Saturday with Cardinals-elect Christophe Pierre and Robert Prevost to discuss requesting the resignation of Bishop Strickland of Tyler.
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Meet the Ukrainian Orthodox bishop who led his people into communion with Rome.
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Bishop Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, said Wednesday he will uphold in his diocese a San Francisco decision to prohibit Speaker Nancy Pelosi from receiving Holy Communion. What he, and other bishops, have said here:.
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An allegedly abusive priest was banned from giving spiritual direction for five years. These women say it was not enough.
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Are Africa’s Catholic bishops starting to form a powerful united front in response to the Vatican’s declaration ‘Fiducia supplicans’?.
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'The only blessing of Mother Church is the truth' writes Cardinal Gerhard Müller, in an essay published exclusively by @pillarcatholic:.
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BREAKING: Burrill's resignation comes after an analysis of app data signals correlated to his mobile device shows he visited gay bars and private residences while using a location-based hookup app in numerous cities from 2018 to 2020.
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The Archdiocese of Newark will investigate allegations of location-based hookup use at rectories. “It is not acceptable for any member of the clergy to use any app or website in a way that is inconsistent with Church teachings," the archdiocese said.
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The council urged Knights national leadership to immediately publicize a plan for a removal of the artwork and to cover the images until a full renovation can begin.
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One day after reporting from @pillarcatholic, the Alaska Department of Corrections has revoked an interim policy prohibiting the use of altar wine in prisons in the state.
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If you're praying for the people of Ukraine, here are a few Ukrainian saints and blesseds worth knowing:.
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"Francis’ correcting a Catholic VP on immigration is not, on its own terms, either beyond the pale or necessarily unwelcome. But many may be wondering where the pope has been for the last four years." Analysis via @canonlawyered.
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The embattled Bishop Rick Stika will be asked by Vatican officials to resign as Bishop of Knoxville, Vatican sources confirm.
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Cardinal Zen tells cardinals: Synodality is "a matter of life or death for the Church founded by Jesus.".
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Fr. Emil Kapaun died in a Korean POW camp 70 years ago. On Saturday, his body finally made its way home. Here’s who he was, and why he mattered:.
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After almost 18 months in prison, Bishop Rolando Álvarez has been freed.
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After an AP report accused the Church in the US of “sitting on billions” while it “amassed taxpayer aid” through the Paycheck Protection Program, The Pillar explains what the Church is, and is not.
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A Cleveland priest was sentenced to life in federal prison Tuesday, for child trafficking, child porn, and child exploitation. A family harmed by the priest told us their story.
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Bishop Dominique Rey announced Jan. 7 that he was stepping down as Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon:. "I am mainly criticized for welcoming too broadly priestly and religious communities or vocations, in particular from the traditional world," he said.
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If canonized, the couple will become the first Rwandan saints.
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About 50 Catholics attended a Traditional Latin Mass in the U.S. Capitol Tuesday. @PillarCatholic was there:.
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The Jesuit order has expelled the influential mosaic artist Fr. Marko Rupnik due to “his stubborn refusal to observe the vow of obedience.”.
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What did the Vatican actually say about blessing 'same-sex couples'?. A readers' guide for busy Catholics:.
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Lawyers for a priest accused of an “incident” which halted a nationwide relic tour say that Fr. Carlos Martins touched a student’s hair last week to build “rapport,” and police are investigating the matter only at the insistence of an “outraged father.”.
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At the under-construction-Shrine of Blessed Stanley Rother in OKC, crews lowered a 45,000 lb dome onto the Church today. Here, courtesy of ArchOKC, are some photos:
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The Canadian Archdiocese of Moncton has dropped the requirement for Catholics to prove their vaccination status to enter churches.
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The death of Los Angeles auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell has been ruled a homicide.
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The DDF has voided an order from the Vatican Secretariat of State which attempted to reinstate a priest laicized for abuse of minors in Argentina.
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Laicized priest Frank Pavone was accused before his laicization of sexual harassment, grooming behavior, and coercive physical contact with young women.
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#Breaking: Cardinal Raymond Burke received a letter this week detailing changes to his residential status in Rome, @pillarcatholic has confirmed.
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The Pillar has confirmed that a Vatican-ordered investigation of Bishop Joseph Strickland was conducted this month; which focused on the bishop's administrative leadership in the Diocese of Tyler, Texas.
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Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth has told a monastery of Carmelite nuns that daily Mass and confessions "cannot be conveniently provided" until they drop their lawsuit against him.
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Bishop Robert Barron is to be appointed Thursday the bishop of a Minnesota diocese, sources confirmed Wednesday.
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“To date, not one U.S. bishop has publicly supported Cupich’s shot at the Gomez statement or the process that produced it.”. Analysis from @jdflynn .
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In canonically rare step, Pope Francis has removed Bishop Joseph Strickland as Bishop of Tyler, Texas.
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"There was a performative contradiction in the heart of the Francis papacy: an emphasis upon synodality and 'parrhesia' in ecclesial debates, then undermined by an autocratic style of governance." @LarryChappGS22 in today's Pillar Column.
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The Vatican has told German bishops that women priests and Church teaching on homosexual acts are not up for discussion in talks scheduled for next year.
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Fr. Carlos Martins, CC, is accused of inappropriate conduct involving children, bringing a tour of St. Jude's relics to a halt:.
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The Archdiocese of Chicago has declined to comment on a lay "Gospel reflection" that has raised liturgical and doctrinal questions:.
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Despite reports, sources say Bishop Joseph Strickland was not banned from offering Mass in the Diocese of Tyler, Texas.
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Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia diverted charitable funds to pay for apartment renovations in 2012.
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After reporting from @pillarcatholic, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee will begin a 'fuller investigative process' into a judicial vicar accused of misconduct.
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#Breaking:. Nicaraguan Bishop Álvarez of Matagalpa has been arrested; police raided Matagalpa's chancery at 3:00 a.m. Friday morning, taking Álvarez and his companions into custody.
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The Vatican doctrine office has found Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò guilty of the canonical crime of schism and declared his automatic excommunication.
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"The real problem is not the number of pro-abortion politicians receiving Communion. It is the number of Catholics who don’t seem to believe there’s actually such a thing as a state of grave sin." Analysis via @canonlawyered
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been chosen as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Leo XIV.
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“Put in the starkest possible terms: some combination of the pope’s closest collaborators — or even the pope himself — authorized an attempt to circumvent the rule of law and restore a convicted child abuser to ministry.”
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With Pope Francis too ill to sign a bull of appointment for Detroit's new archbishop, the apostolic nuncio substituted a decree of his own, saying "Don’t worry, it is all legal. I can see that some canon lawyers are already worried.".
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There are more than 700,000 Native American Catholics in the U.S. In a three-part series, @PillarCatholic asks about the present, and the future, of ministry and Catholic life for Native American Catholic communities.
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The USCCB laid off 50 migration and refugee staffers today, after a federal payment freeze:.
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In an interview with 'The Pillar,' DDF prefect Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez discusses 'Fiducia supplicans'.
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Bishop Paprocki wrote a controversial essay about heresy and the ministry of bishops. We asked him to elaborate. Here's what he said:.
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"We believe in Jesus Christ and we love his Church. That's why I'm here. Not for me, not for any other reason, not to have some movement." - @BishStrickland.
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The Vatican had approved new rules by the bishops of Poland regulating social media use by clerics - saying their accounts must clearly identify them as clerics and not be used to speak against "God, the Gospel, or the unity of the Church."
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Breaking: In a last-minute amendment to their voting guidance document, the bishops emphasized that opposing abortion is the preeminent priority for the bishops’ conference.
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Sunday is World Down Syndrome Day. Here are some things you might find worth reading, and watching, on the subject.
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By the numbers: If the principal concern is the “bottom line,” the @USCCB would seem better off without any involvement in migration and refugee resettlement programs at all.
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Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the former apostolic nuncio, has been charged with schism by the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and faces an extrajudicial process. Here's what that means and what happens next:
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Cardinal Robert McElroy will be named the next Archbishop of Washington in the coming days.
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“The desire of Saint Mary’s College to show hospitality to people who identify as transgender is not the problem. The problem is a Catholic woman’s college embracing a definition of woman that is not Catholic,” Bishop Rhoades said Monday.
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The Vatican has ordered a religious community co-founded by the former Jesuit Fr. Marko Rupnik to dissolve by October next year after it found “serious problems” related to its governance.
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Sources close to the child say she will be, in some way, named for Our Lady.
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Location-based apps could pose a security risk to the work of the Church. Here's how:.
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At the end of a Vatican financial trial, Cardinal Angelo Becciu was sentenced to five years and six months in prison:.
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“Very soon 50 people (counting friars and sisters resident) will be homeless . Please pray for us and help us.”.
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Report updated: . "The ministry of Fr. Carlos Martins has been temporarily suspended pending an ongoing police investigation into a recent complaint at one of his relic expositions that took place in the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois." - @CompanionsCross.
Lawyers for a priest accused of an “incident” which halted a nationwide relic tour say that Fr. Carlos Martins touched a student’s hair last week to build “rapport,” and police are investigating the matter only at the insistence of an “outraged father.”.
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Pope Francis has announced that 21 Coptic Orthodox martyrs killed by the Islamic State in 2015 will be inscribed in the Roman Martyrology. One of them is Matthew Ayariga, who trod an obscure path to martyrdom. What do we know about his remarkable life?.
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The Holy See invested in a pharmaceutical company which produces an emergency contraceptive “morning after pill,” Italian media reported. The Vatican held the shares as Cardinal Pell pushed to require investments to align with Catholic social teaching.
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#BREAKING: Pope Francis' delegate to the Order of Malta has locked the knights' chosen representative out of a two-day meeting on their future constitution.
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Cardinal Gregory: "I think that the Holy Father is right to say: ‘Deal with the priests.’”. What does that mean? Analysis from @jdflynn:.
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Vatican City judges have told Libero Milone that he cannot present proof of alleged corruption that could harm the 'good name' of high-ranking Vatican officials and departments:
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#BREAKING:. It's happened. Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine other people will face a trial at the Vatican for a host of financial corruption charges.
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Nicaraguan priests must present themselves at police stations for weekly questioning and review of their homilies and activities.
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After Rep. Pelosi's archbishop said she should not receive the Eucharist, the bishop where Pelosi has a vacation home said he will uphold the ban. DC's Cardinal Gregory has not yet said whether he will uphold it in Washington.
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“Parish run schools and religious education programs are the primary means by which the Church accomplishes its teaching mission for children and young people.”.
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Meet the Canadian Ukrainian bishop who says Our Lady of Guadalupe is the key to evangelizing the world.
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#Breaking: Shortly after the publication of this report, an interdisciplinary commission in Colombia canceled the planned Oct. 10 euthanasia of Martha Sepúlveda.
“Don’t kill Señora Sepúlveda, she’s a dear member of our family, don’t kill her.”. A powerful and urgent interview from @joe_pescespada at @PillarCatholic. Read it, and say a prayer:.
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Pope Francis has made extraordinary changes to the rules governing the Church's celebration of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. Here's a look at what's changed, and why:.
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After the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity said they had filed a police report against Bishop Olson of Fort Worth, the diocese released pictures it says show rampant marijuana use in the convent.
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A team of medical experts have concluded that the body of Sr. Wilhelmina Lancaster of Gower Abbey "lacks any detected features of decomposition.".
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A local priest was "elected" to lead the Chinese Diocese Xinxiang yesterday, despite the papal interregnum and despite the diocese already having a bishop.
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A UK court has ruled that life support may be removed from 2-year-old Alta Fixsler, against the wishes of her parents, who want to seek treatment outside the country.
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Msgr. Tony Anatrella helped write the Vatican's 2005 Vatican on seminarians "with homosexual tendencies.". He is now barred from ministry after allegations of sexual abuse. Here's what you need to know:.
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We're now at three votes, no pope.
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President Biden will attend Mass before his inauguration, fill his Cabinet with Catholics, and quote Pope Francis in his major speeches. But will Biden work with the U.S. bishops?.
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Archbishop Cordileone (@ArchCordileone) talked to The Pillar about why he's "disturbed but not surprised" prosecutors are downgrading charges against those who vandalized Church property -- and why he's pushing back.
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