In this subscriber-only bonus episode, Ed shares his approach to enjoying a summer of baseball.  - Are you a paying subscriber?  Visit pillarcatholic.com/listen on your phone  Tap ‘set up podcast’ next to The Pillar TL;DR Having issues? Check out this general step-by-step guide from Substack, or email our producer Kate Olivera at kolivera@pillarcatholic.com Read more ..read more

JD and Ed talk about a new LGBTQ resource from America Media. Then, they talk about the challenges faced by the new bishop-elect of Knoxville, whose predecessor was never sanctioned by the Vatican.  ..read more

Teresa Pitt Green is a survivor of clergy sexual abuse. She is an advocate for abuse survivors, an expert in restorative justice, and a witness to the harm of clergy abuse, and the possibility of healing. Teresa Pitt Green. Courtesy photo. Pitt Green is a co-founder of Spirit Fire, which “is a fellowship of survivors of abuse within the Church who share, as part of our ongoing recovery, a spiritual practice which permits us to offer our wisdom, experience, and faith to all others who seek healing, growth, and reconciliation in the wake of the abuse of children and vulnerable adults in a fait ..read more

Happy Friday friends, again, I don’t know if you know this, but Sunday (in addition to being the Feast of the Ascension most places) is also “Mothers’ Day.” I know this because my wife has been unusually attentive to reminding me about the date for the last several weeks. I’ve tried to pass the information along to our daughter, but I’m not sure how much attention she is giving Sunday’s holiday. It’s never really clear to me what the “right” gift is to get your mother. It’s a bit of a minefield. Flowers are a nice gesture, I suppose. But the whole day is such a racket that they hike the prices ..read more

Written by Ed Condon and published May 10, 2024.  - Are you a paying subscriber?  Visit pillarcatholic.com/listen on your phone  Tap ‘set up podcast’ next to The Pillar TL;DR Having issues? Check out this general step-by-step guide from Substack, or email our producer Kate Olivera at kolivera@pillarcatholic.com - Show notes:  Two Ascensions? Do I celebrate 'Asc… Read more ..read more

Australia’s bishops formally approved the use of an Aboriginal liturgy Tuesday during a plenary meeting in Sydney.  A Missa Terra Spiritus Sancti (Mass of the Land of the Holy Spirit) is celebrated on July 1, 2018, at Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral in Broome, Australia. Screenshot from Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral Facebook page. They endorsed the liturgy — known as the Mass of the Land of the Holy Spirit, or Missa Terra Spiritus Sancti in Latin — for use in the Diocese of Broome, which covers around 30,000 square miles in the state of Western Australia and serves a Catholic popu ..read more

Happy Friday friends, Depending on where you are, or were yesterday, you’ve either celebrated the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord or will do so this Sunday. There are three tiers of canon law at play here, and people often ask us what the deal is, what exactly their obligations are, and even how fast and loose you can play pilgrim across diocesan lines to celebrate it according to your day of preference. The presumption of universal law is that the Feast of the Ascension is to be celebrated on its proper day, Thursday, the 40th day of Easter and 10 days before Pentecost, as a day of precept ..read more

The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal announced Friday that one of its members, Louis Leonelli, has been laicized after admitting to “an inappropriate sexual relationship with an adult woman.” Leonelli had faced a lawsuit alleging that he serially assaulted a woman a decade ago. Credit: Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. “Louis Leonelli admitted to an inappropriate sexual relationship with an adult woman as a priest and member of the Community of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal,” said a statement from the CFRs on Friday. “Civil litigation relative to that issue has been resolved,” the stateme ..read more

Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter.  I’m Luke Coppen and I seek to guide you each weekday morning to the most interesting Catholic news and comment. Read more ..read more

This article was written by Michelle La Rosa and published May 4, 2024. You can read this article here: https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/to-find-your-people-how-catholics - Are you a paying subscriber?  Visit pillarcatholic.com/listen on your phone  Tap ‘set up podcast’ next to The Pillar TL;DR Having issues? Check out this general step-by-step guide from Sub… Read more ..read more