What, and who, is behind the push for a permanent pan-European synodal assembly? Analysis via Luke Coppen: pillarcatholic.com/p/the-push-for…

Making carbonara for dinner tonight.

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Brendan just decided to go ahead and be fascinating for a few minutes here.

This is cool on so many levels.

I had no idea how much I wanted to read an explainer of Catholicism in East Timor. pillarcatholic.com/p/crocodile-te… Thanks The Pillar!

It has more Catholics than Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore combined, so why isn’t India on the pope’s Asia itinerary? pillarcatholic.com/p/why-isnt-ind…

What’s the Chinese word for “lame”?

The rift among Chaldean Catholic bishops is at a crucial juncture. pillarcatholic.com/p/at-deadline-…

This story is a big deal and, so far as I can tell, no one but The Pillar is reporting on it. That's why you read us.

My real friends are the ones who just laugh when I say something that is accidentally deeply, personally offensive to them several times a day.

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Happy Friday friends, let's talk about Cardinal Richelieu. pillarcatholic.com/p/brothers-in-…

Is there a clergy/lay disparity in sentences for Church financial crimes? And why does it matter? pillarcatholic.com/p/florida-case…

Pastors: Here's why sensory Masses matter -- and how to have them.

Still this.

Endorse, with vehemence.

The simmering standoff in the Syro-Malabar Church has left a queue of transitional deacons in limbo. Look Closer with Luke Coppen: pillarcatholic.com/p/liturgy-disp…

Cardinal Sako said Saturday that he has handed off a his dispute with five other bishops to a "higher ecclesiastical court", a move widely perceived as an act of de-escalation within the Chaldean Church. pillarcatholic.com/p/iraqi-bishop…

Perhaps he might be asked to explain why Mr. Milburn suddenly felt he had to depart front-line politics at the height of his career in the first place.