The Pillar

News

Iowa priest theft prompted bishop’s sharp rebuke

December 17, 2025 • Michelle La Rosa

Confirmed: Joliet's Bishop Hicks to NYC

December 16, 2025 • The Pillar

Cardinal Ambongo: Rebel gains show limits of US-backed accord

December 15, 2025 • Luke Coppen

Basilica occupation reignites Syro-Malabar liturgy dispute

December 11, 2025 • Luke Coppen

Analysis

What’s the point of Jimmy Lai’s conviction?

December 15, 2025 • Ed. Condon

Porras incident puts Vatican’s balancing act in Venezuela to the test

December 12, 2025 • Edgar Beltrán

Is Xinxiang appointment a complicated kind of ‘progress’ for Vatican-China?

December 8, 2025 • Ed. Condon

Vatican budget report: miracle or mirage?

December 1, 2025 • Ed. Condon

Interviews

'To practice attentiveness, to nurture silence': How to read Pope Leo’s favorite book

December 15, 2025 • Edgar Beltrán

‘Pope Leo, what do you think about?’ — What NCYC teenagers would ask the pope

November 21, 2025 • Jack Figge

Cozzens: 2029 Eucharistic Congress is ‘going to be bigger and better’

November 11, 2025 • Jack Figge

‘A frontier is opening up for us’: Cardinal Nichols at 80

November 8, 2025 • Luke Coppen

Explainers

How Catholics are caught in the Cambodia-Thailand conflict

December 12, 2025 • Luke Coppen

Why is Cardinal Parolin visiting an insurgency hotspot?

December 9, 2025 • Luke Coppen

The Immaculate Conception: History, a miracle, and the Spanish Steps

December 8, 2025 • Edgar Beltrán

‘Una caro: In praise of monogamy’: A brief guide for busy readers

November 25, 2025 • Luke Coppen

Pillar Posts

Christ is coming, rumors abound, and JD gets lost

December 16, 2025 • JD Flynn

Joy, Venezuela’s Vatican-China deal, and numb for the holidays

December 12, 2025 • Ed. Condon

XIV, XIII, and buon natale

December 9, 2025 • JD Flynn

Going home, paper money, and reasonable people

December 5, 2025 • Ed. Condon

Starting Seven

Starting Seven: December 16, 2025

December 16, 2025 • Luke Coppen

Starting Seven: December 15, 2025

December 15, 2025 • Luke Coppen

Starting Seven: December 12, 2025

December 12, 2025 • Luke Coppen

Starting Seven: December 11, 2025

December 11, 2025 • Luke Coppen

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