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The Friday Pillar Post

Ed. Condon
Oct 20, 2023
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Happy Friday friends,

I’m not in Rome right now, as I had intended to be. I was booked and expecting to be there from earlier this week, ready to cover a legal hearing in the Vatican on Wednesday in addition to the synod. And I had a full schedule of people I wanted to see, together with JD, for the next week and a half.

Instead, I am still stateside. 

On …

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