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Seminary allegations, St. John Paul II, and a failure to communicate

The Friday Pillar Post

Ed. Condon
Oct 22, 2021
∙ Paid

 Happy Friday friends,

And especially a happy feast of St. John Paul II. Like a lot of Catholics of my age, JPII remains a central reference point for my life in the Church. 

He was the pope who exhorted us to be saints at World Youth Day, he was the author of encyclicals which shaped our first intellectual encounters with the faith, and his was the name …

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