Please pray for the repose of the soul of Pillar reader (in a good way) Fr. Dennis Conway.
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Ed expands on his suggestion the Apostolic See hire a chief financial officer. He and JD debate the tenability of a papal tax on U.S. Catholics.
Then, JD talks about a big change at the USCCB.
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Eternal rest grant unto Fr. Dennis, O Lord.
9-8-8 is the number to call if you or someone you love are considering taking your own life, or call or text someone you trust (like JD or Ed). There are other options, even if it's hard to imagine what they are right now.
I loved this pod, it was a great discussion.
I am very much on the same page as JD as far as Thanksgiving foods go, although, being part Irish, I love potatoes in every form. We’re having filet mignon instead of turkey this year.
Yummmmmm
A couple comments...1. Mission Statement for my parish is nothing like the parish ones you mention. It is 4 words, easy to remember and posted in vestibule: : "The salvation of souls." And for JD's consolation: I have never heard nor have I ever given a Braveheart homily!
Ed., I’d like to know, did the Not-Eye-talian man ever return to a Condon Family holiday?
Not liking smoked meats is un-American and insane. Turkey is indeed an inferior bird, but smoking it is one of the ways to improve it. A smoked turkey with enough brining for it to still be moist is absolutely heavenly.
As ever, when Ed and JD disagree, Ed wins in a landslide.
Fried is the way to eat turkey. Roasted if it’s stuffed with vegetables, green apples, slathered in herbed butter, and injected.
Ok… this episode felt a bit unhinged to me for a variety of reasons…
1. JD not liking mashed potatoes is personally offensive as they are my favorite food group.
2. “We designed The Pillar specifically for priests.”…5 min later “F-you, Ed” 🤣
3. PLEASE do a Pillar explainer on the “moderate tax” that the Vatican would be “within its rights” to do that would carry “moral and legal” weight. Because for me it’s raising A LOT of questions. With a Church that has a Vatican finance scandal, bankruptcy in dioceses due to settling abuse cases, and a second collection every week for various needs in the Church around the world, I am struggling to see how that I could be a cheerful giver. Label me cynical but it feels a bit like your cousin with a gambling addiction who just “needs a couple bucks to get by” but hasn’t shown any actual progress.
Sorry if that sounds way harsh.
I couldn't possibly give money to an organization that facilitates sexual abuse. If they want my money they need to clean up their act. They could start by dealing with Rupnik. And Peña Parra. And anyone else who either abuses others or tries to cover up the horrors of what some members of the hierarchy do to others.
An American fundraising group to prop up the Vatican? Don't you mean the Knights of Columbus?
Let's see how much of the Vatican deficit can be made up just by Pillar readers alone. If you build it, [the money] will come.
The question that arose in my mind during the discussion of fundraising: How do you raise funds on private initiative without recreating "bustarella culture"?
Also, the Holy Father's legal prerogative to levy a Church tax seems like one of those authorities best left in the realm of the theoretical, lest it turn out not to exist when he tries to exercise it. Peasant revolts against taxation are lindy.
A recommendation for the Divind Worship in Spanish (or whatever the title was), APOLOGETICS IN SPANISH. I'm not a statistician (though I think the Pillar knows agood one) but aren't Catholic Lantinos disaffiliating at large rates? Explaining the Faith to Spanish speaking yourh may help.
Longtime listener of the podcast, huge fan.
I was listening to this in the car, as I often do, and when I got back to the office I pulled this episode up to continue it on my laptop. I had just reached minute mark 54:00 when I made the switch. When I did so, something delightful caught me off guard.
On my laptop, the playback was at half-speed.
Please, fellow Pillar listeners (in BOTH ways): listen to Ed at 54:00 in half-speed, describing his reaction to Pillar "board" meetings. It's a great laugh. God bless you both, Ed and JD.
Please post curries recipes for turkey