The papal penance pilgrimage, and JD's on vacation

The Tuesday Pillar Post

Hey everybody,

I’m on vacation, and you’re reading The Tuesday Pillar Post.

I’ll tell you more about my vacation in just a bit. First, here’s the news:

The news

First, Pope Francis is in Canada this week, on a “penitential pilgrimage” among Indigenous people across Canada.

This is not the very model of a modern papal pilgrimage — Francis is not focused on m…