There’s a new eparch in the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church — what is that?
If you've never heard of the Eastern Church sui iuris, there's a lot to know.| The Pillar
If you've never heard of the Eastern Church sui iuris, there's a lot to know.| The Pillar
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C| The Pillar
Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter.| The Pillar
Written by JD Flynn and published September 2, 2025.| The Pillar
Despite officially concluding two years ago, the project is about to enter a crucial period.| The Pillar
A small Adriatic town is home to one of the most dynamic communal experiences in Italian Catholicism, inspired by the soon-to-be saint Pier Giorgio Frassati.| The Pillar
Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter.| The Pillar
The new pontificate has coincided with major changes in the Eastern Church.| The Pillar
Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter.| The Pillar
The priest says he is well-aware of his fame, and the temptations that it can present.| The Pillar
This episode may not be suitable for children.| The Pillar
Written by Ed Condon and published August 29, 2025.| The Pillar
"The new communities that have been built out of that are really signs of hope and resilience."| The Pillar
What does a bishop do liturgically when a church building is marred by violence?| The Pillar
A Pillar column, written by Jeffrey Pojanowski and published August 28, 2025.| The Pillar
We are misapprehending an evil in its entirety.| www.pillarcatholic.com
The verdict may not mark the end of the 90-year-old former Bishop of Hong Kong’s legal difficulties.| www.pillarcatholic.com
“The first port chaplain was Christ”| www.pillarcatholic.com
How John Henry Newman became a Doctor of the Church| www.pillarcatholic.com
How John Henry Newman became a Doctor of the Church| www.pillarcatholic.com
After mixed messages on a controversial pilgrimage, a Vatican spokesperson aims to clarify.| www.pillarcatholic.com
News and analysis covering the Catholic Church. Click to read The Pillar, a Substack publication.| www.pillarcatholic.com
Here’s an explainer on the latest in the Little Sisters’ case.| www.pillarcatholic.com
The many projects of Helsinki's Bishop Raimo Goyarrola| www.pillarcatholic.com
"We are called to bring the Gospel to all creation."| www.pillarcatholic.com
Sweden's cardinal - alongside a bishop from the Church of Sweden - talk ecumenism, and living as a Christian minority.| www.pillarcatholic.com
After his conversion, Newman chose to serve in the gritty English city| www.pillarcatholic.com
The Hong Kong appeal court overturned Catholic publisher's conviction for organizing a pro-democracy protest, but upheld his conviction for attending it| www.pillarcatholic.com
Bobo Yip, former chairwoman of the Diocese of Hong Kong’s Justice and Peace Commission, was arrested Thursday| www.pillarcatholic.com
News: Hong Kong| www.pillarcatholic.com
Hong Kong’s chief executive promised Wednesday to crack down further on civil liberties and press freedom.| www.pillarcatholic.com
The decision to disqualify a top lawyer from representing the jailed Catholic publisher Jimmy Lai will rest with Hong Kong’s chief political authority and not the courts, the Beijing government has decided.| www.pillarcatholic.com
The Catholic pro-democracy activist released from jail in 2021, has left the country and will not abide by her bail conditions, she announced Sunday.| www.pillarcatholic.com
With a conviction in Hong Kong a near-certainty, the mainland government might the Catholic publisher's best bet for reprieve.| www.pillarcatholic.com
The Vatican ruled that Archbishop Hundt did not provide a just cause for closing the parish.| www.pillarcatholic.com
Parishioners and local community members changed the locks on the church and hung signs saying "potential buyers are not welcome."| www.pillarcatholic.com
Critics of Cardinal Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio allege financial and administrative mismanagement in Peru's capital see| www.pillarcatholic.com
El cardenal Carlos Castillo de la arquidiócesis de Lima ha sido acusado de encubrir conductas sexuales inapropiadas en el seminario local y de tomar represalias contra seminaristas que acusaron al entonces rector.| www.pillarcatholic.com
A Lima priest accused of sexual misconduct requested laicization last week, after The Pillar reported charges that the Lima archdiocese mishandled the allegations against him, in a process that some alleged amounted to a cover-up for a priest close to Lima’s Cardinal Carlos Castillo.| www.pillarcatholic.com
Does Pope Leo have to deal with the IRS?| www.pillarcatholic.com
And why might the Vatican want him to?| www.pillarcatholic.com
Could the cardinals end up picking one of their newest members to be that special someone come conclave time?| www.pillarcatholic.com
Hundreds of thousands were paid to a contractor instead of going to missionary and charitable projects. Paglia claims they were repaid; while others cry foul.| www.pillarcatholic.com
A Hong Kong court heard final arguments Monday in the trial against the jailed Catholic publisher| www.pillarcatholic.com
“The first port chaplain was Christ”| www.pillarcatholic.com
The Society of Saint Pius X made headlines last week, when the Vatican announced the inclusion of an SSPX pilgrimage in an official list of events for the jubilee year.| www.pillarcatholic.com
There is no Starting Seven today due to Luke’s annual vacation.| www.pillarcatholic.com
“I decided to reverse my decision”| www.pillarcatholic.com
“I decided to reverse my decision”| www.pillarcatholic.com
Who was Archbishop Courtney? What happened on the day he died? And what was the aftermath?| www.pillarcatholic.com
What happens after an Alabama priest is accused of sexual misconduct?| www.pillarcatholic.com
Here’s an explainer on the latest in the Little Sisters’ case.| www.pillarcatholic.com
Who will the pontiff choose to lead his Vatican offices?| www.pillarcatholic.com
Parishioners and local community members changed the locks on the church and hung signs saying "potential buyers are not welcome."| www.pillarcatholic.com
El Vaticano ha ordenado una investigación respecto a las acusaciones de encubrimiento e irregularidades financieras contra el cardenal Carlos Castillo, arzobispo de Lima, según fuentes de alto rango en la arquidiócesis.| www.pillarcatholic.com
A prophetic African apparition will have a new shrine.| www.pillarcatholic.com
Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter.| www.pillarcatholic.com
News and analysis covering the Catholic Church. Click to read The Pillar, a Substack publication.| www.pillarcatholic.com
Two priests in the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, have faced abuse accusations.| www.pillarcatholic.com
The head of the Dicastery of Bishops has been accused of failing in 2022 to open an investigation into the accusations of abuse.| www.pillarcatholic.com
As high-profile cardinals urge votes for Prevost, some abuse advocates raise concern| www.pillarcatholic.com
At the Vatican, there are more questions than answers, and the possibilities are all bad| www.pillarcatholic.com
“Removing, deleting, destroying art does not ever mean a good choice. This is not a Christian response.”| www.pillarcatholic.com
After a plea from the head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, the Vatican's official media site continues to use artwork by the accused abuser| www.pillarcatholic.com
The Dicastery for Divine Worship continues to identify Fr. Marko Rupnik as a conultor.| www.pillarcatholic.com
Not long ago, Church institutions seemed anxious about taking action on the priest's legacy, but that appears to be changing.| www.pillarcatholic.com
Pope Francis named the DDF prefect to the Dicastery for Legislative Texts despite excusing him from his own department's most sensitive canonical work| www.pillarcatholic.com
Three other decisions remain on the pope’s desk which will weigh heavier on his mind.| www.pillarcatholic.com
Why are bishops so eager to crack down on the Church's traditional peripheries but show very little interest in liturgical abuses in the 'Novus ordo'?| www.pillarcatholic.com
The controversial archbishop remains head of the Pontifical Academy for Life| www.pillarcatholic.com
‘Our program was unique’| www.pillarcatholic.com
The head of the Dicastery of Bishops has been accused of failing in 2022 to open an investigation into the accusations of abuse.| www.pillarcatholic.com
As high-profile cardinals urge votes for Prevost, some abuse advocates raise concern| www.pillarcatholic.com
Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church, has died| www.pillarcatholic.com
It will be decades, if not centuries, before the history books — and the Church — reach a consensus on the legacy of Pope Francis.| www.pillarcatholic.com
How Catholics - and bishops - have responded to a Vatican statement on blessings| https://www.pillarcatholic.com/
