2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (283+ words) Like many Catholics, I recall following the events in Rome this time last year with great trepidation, as the Church received and welcomed a new pope. I graduated college in 2011, and two years later watched the election of Pope Francis…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (354+ words) Sunday is Pentecost, the feast on which the Church recalls the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles 50 days after Easter. Traditional celebrations for the feast day include novenas to the Holy Spirit, the release of doves, and the…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (280+ words) As Pillar readers know, Venerable Fulton Sheen " America's favorite TV bishop " will be beatified September 24, at a Mass in St. Louis, presided over by Cardinal Luis Tagle. Ed and I will be there for the Mass, for a Pillar Podcast…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (842+ words) The staggering increase in adult baptisms in France will be the topic of a major gathering at the end of May. An ecclesial assembly on catechumens, or baptismal candidates, in the Ecclesiastical Province of Paris will be launched formally May…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (37+ words) The Pillar Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar's daily newsletter. I'm Luke Coppen and I aim to guide you each weekday morning to the most interesting Catholic news and commentary....

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (37+ words) Starting Seven: May 21, 2026 The Pillar 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 commentary....

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (909+ words) Confessionals will not be set up during a youth prayer vigil and other events of Pope Leo's trip to Spain next month, while "listening centers" will be available for young people who wish to speak with lay pastoral workers dispatched…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (565+ words) American bishops have been scheduled to meet next year with Pope Leo XIV, in the first of the ad limina visits to Rome for U. S. bishops during Leo's pontificate. In a May 19 letter, Msgr. Kevin Fuller, general secretary of the United…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (518+ words) After The Pillar reported on a pending Vatican-ordered investigation in a Louisiana diocese, the Bishop of Baton Rouge told priests that media reports did not tell the whole story, and that diocesan officials had not been informed whether an investigation…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (1088+ words) The chairman of the German bishops" conference has suggested that the first scheduled meeting of a controversial synodal body will be delayed absent approval of its statutes by the Vatican. Speaking to media on Friday, Bishop Heiner Wilmer said that…...