<![CDATA[The Pillar: The Pillar TL;DR]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/s/the-pillar-tldrhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ktjI!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe1d84de5-dbcf-4987-8cad-e8e485283932_300x300.pngThe Pillar: The Pillar TL;DRhttps://www.pillarcatholic.com/s/the-pillar-tldrSubstackFri, 01 May 2026 12:13:35 GMT<![CDATA[News Roundup— Week of April 30]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/news-roundup-week-of-april-30https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/news-roundup-week-of-april-30Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:35:49 GMTGerman leaders defend guidelines for blessings for same-sex couples. Catholic Charities in Miami will cut more than 85 jobs, following the non-renewal of an $11 million federal contract.

The Catholic Church in South Korea reaches a new milestone. An interview this week details Sabastian Sawe’s devotion to his faith.

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]]><![CDATA[The Tuesday Pillar Post - April 28, 2026]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-tuesday-pillar-post-april-28https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-tuesday-pillar-post-april-28Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:51:52 GMTWritten by JD Flynn and published April 28, 2026.

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Belarus reportedly frees Polish Carmelite friar

Vatican restricted retired Belgian bishop

Armenian cathedral demolished in disputed region

German Church leaders defend blessing guidelines

Swiss Catholics out of doghouse over Eucharistic desecration

Brazil has a Catholic 'data center.' Why the US probably won't

Study: Catholic schools vary widely on inclusion of students with disabilities

FOX News: UnitedHealthcare fires woman over ‘Aww, they missed?’ comment on Trump assassination attempt

]]><![CDATA[The Friday Pillar Post - April 24, 2026]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-friday-pillar-post-april-24-2026https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-friday-pillar-post-april-24-2026Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:46:07 GMTWritten by Ed Condon and published April 24, 2026.

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Leo: Sexual…

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]]><![CDATA[News Roundup— Week of April 23]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/news-roundup-week-of-april-23https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/news-roundup-week-of-april-23Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:00:30 GMTRussian authorities reportedly take over a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in occupied Ukraine. Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith calls for continued transparency in investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday massacre.

A new study finds that one third of men to be ordained to the priesthood in the United States this year were born outside of the coun…

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]]><![CDATA[The Tuesday Pillar Post - April 21, 2026]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-tuesday-pillar-post-april-21https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-tuesday-pillar-post-april-21Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:05:10 GMTWritten by JD Flynn and published April 21, 2026.

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God bless the pope down in Africa

Ukrainian Catholic leader: Church takeover is ‘blasphemy’

Canon law and the Dubuque model

Pope Leo: Traditional Latin approach to traditional Latin Mass?

Santa walks into an Irish pub

The Pillar Podcast - A frank and unguarded meeting of minds

]]><![CDATA[The Friday Pillar Post - April 17, 2026]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-friday-pillar-post-april-17-2026https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-friday-pillar-post-april-17-2026Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:25:07 GMTWritten by Ed Condon and published April 17, 2026.

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]]><![CDATA[News Roundup— Week of April 16]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/news-roundup-week-of-april-16https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/news-roundup-week-of-april-16Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:29:58 GMTTensions escalate between the Trump administration and Pope Leo XIV. Survivors of clerical sexual abuse in Portugal decry the slashing of abuse compensation packages.

The pope declares Fr. Edward Flanagan ‘Venerable.’ Pope Leo visits the archaeological site of Hippo in honor of his spiritual father St. Augustine.

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]]><![CDATA[The Tuesday Pillar Post - April 14, 2026]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-tuesday-pillar-post-april-14https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-tuesday-pillar-post-april-14Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:43:16 GMTWritten by JD Flynn and published April 14, 2026.

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]]><![CDATA[The Friday Pillar Post - April 10, 2026]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-friday-pillar-post-april-10-2026https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-friday-pillar-post-april-10-2026Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:37:08 GMTWritten by Ed Condon and published April 10, 2026.

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]]><![CDATA[News Roundup— Week of April 9]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/news-roundup-week-of-april-9https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/news-roundup-week-of-april-9Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:22:14 GMTNews broke this week of a reportedly heated, closed-door meeting in January between the Pentagon and Vatican officials. A Nigerian archdiocese calls for the release of worshippers kidnapped on Easter Sunday.

Atlanta puts in a bid to host World Youth Day in 2030. The traditionalist Chartres pilgrimage will likely have record participation this year.

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]]><![CDATA[The Tuesday Pillar Post - April 7, 2026]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-tuesday-pillar-post-april-7-2026https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-tuesday-pillar-post-april-7-2026Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:12:51 GMTWritten by JD Flynn and published April 7, 2026.

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]]><![CDATA[The Tuesday Pillar Post - March 31, 2026]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-tuesday-pillar-post-march-31https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-tuesday-pillar-post-march-31Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:23:48 GMTWritten by JD Flynn and published March 31, 2026.

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]]><![CDATA[The Friday Pillar Post - March 27, 2026]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-friday-pillar-post-march-27-2026https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-friday-pillar-post-march-27-2026Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:44:49 GMTWritten by Ed Condon and published March 27, 2026.

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]]><![CDATA[News Roundup— Week of March 26]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/news-roundup-week-of-march-26https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/news-roundup-week-of-march-26Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:55:03 GMTPope Leo calls for generous inclusion of Catholics who favor the Traditional Latin Mass, in a letter to French bishops. The Vatican announces the date for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen.

The Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem cancels its traditional Palm Sunday procession, due to war. The Archdiocese of Denver has a new archbishop. A record n…

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]]><![CDATA[The Friday Pillar Post - March 20, 2026]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-friday-pillar-post-march-20-2026https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-friday-pillar-post-march-20-2026Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:53:01 GMTWritten by Ed Condon and published March 20, 2026.

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Pope Leo announces October gathering for ‘synodal discernment’ on Amoris laetitia

Vatican appeal court orders review of financial trial investigation

What the Vatican court ruling means for papal sovereignty, and Cardinal Becciu

Hindu nationalist party seeks inroads in Syro-Malabar heartland

EU court rules on employment case sparked by church tax levy

Steeped in history, Shrine of St. Joseph endures

]]><![CDATA[News Roundup— Week of March 19]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/news-roundup-week-of-march-19https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/news-roundup-week-of-march-19Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:16:31 GMTCuba announces a prisoner release after talks with the Holy See. Canada’s bishops oppose a hate crime bill advancing in Canada’s Parliament.

The number of Catholics formally disaffiliating from the Catholic Church in Germany fell this year, for the third year in a row. The late Catholic labor leader Cesar Chavez is accused of sexual abuse.

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]]><![CDATA[The Tuesday Pillar Post - March 17, 2026]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-tuesday-pillar-post-march-17https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-tuesday-pillar-post-march-17Wed, 18 Mar 2026 03:05:39 GMTWritten by JD Flynn and published March 17, 2026.

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]]><![CDATA[The Friday Pillar Post - March 13, 2026]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-friday-pillar-post-march-13-2026https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-friday-pillar-post-march-13-2026Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:05:47 GMTWritten by Ed Condon and published March 13, 2026.

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]]><![CDATA[News Roundup— Week of March 12]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/news-roundup-week-of-march-12https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/news-roundup-week-of-march-12Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:16:02 GMTPope Leo XIV accepts the resignations of the patriarch and a bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church. The pope prays for a Maronite Catholic priest killed this week by Israeli tank fire in southern Lebanon.

A Synod on Synodality study group releases its final report on the participation of women in the life of the Church. Two dioceses in Germany publish …

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]]><![CDATA[The Tuesday Pillar Post - March 10, 2026]]>https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-tuesday-pillar-post-march-10https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-tuesday-pillar-post-march-10Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:57:22 GMTWritten by JD Flynn and published March 10, 2026.

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Leo accepts resignations of Chaldean patriarch and bishop amid corruption scandal

Chaldean bishop pleads ‘not guilty’ as patriarch calls for ‘unity and harmony’

Archbishop Caccia named nuncio to the US

USCCB clarifies after birthright citizenship brief stirs controversy

Why are Swiss bishops doubling down on mandatory psych screening?

Bavarian Benedictines retain local council seats

Cardinal of Tehran evacuates to Rome

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