I'm mortified.

A Pillar Post apology

Hey everybody,

In the Tuesday Pillar Post this morning, I wrote as the opening line that Pope St. John Paul II’s death was 25 years ago, instead of 20. In a caption, I wrote that he died Feb. 2, instead of April 2.

I’m mortified. So embarrassed that I decided to write to you — in part preemptively, because otherwise you’ll be writing me to all day long.

It’s no excuse, but I will say that our exacting copy editor had a baby last night. While she’s on maternity leave, we’re gonna need to readjust our duties a little bit.

Of course, if you don’t want me to be embarrassed again, you could always help us put more eyeballs in our newsroom:

;-)

Thanks for your indulgence.

In Christ,

JDF