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‘Someone has to roll up their sleeves’: Meet the 23-year-old Catholic restoring France’s statues
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (1155+ words) Temperatures climbed so high in France this summer that wildfires forced mass evacuations, Champagne grapes were harvested exceptionally early, the Louvre closed in the afternoons, and the field at the historic Parc des Princes stadium turned brown. With the mercury…...
Where is the Torreciudad shrine dispute headed?
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (1494+ words) A Spanish newspaper has published alleged letters from Pope Francis, suggesting the late pope supported the bishop of Barbastro in a dispute with Opus Dei about the Marian shrine in his diocese. The publication of the allegedly leaked letters comes…...
Papal synodality: Why Pope Leo gave Eastern Churches the power to remove Patriarchs
4+ day, 17+ min ago (833+ words) Twenty-three Eastern Catholic Churches are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome. Six are headed by a patriarch: the Coptic, Syriac, Melkite Greek, Maronite, Chaldean, and Armenian Catholic Churches. Four more are headed by a major archbishop, an office…...
French victims ask Pope Leo to take action on spiritual abuse
4+ day, 24+ min ago (988+ words) A group of more than 200 victims of spiritual abuse and their relatives is asking Pope Leo XIV to take concrete steps to prevent and respond to instances of spiritual abuse within the Church. In a Sept. 7 letter, published in La…...
EU bishops’ conferences await ruling on erasing baptismal entries
1+ week, 1+ day ago (876+ words) An upcoming ruling by the European Union’s top court on whether a Belgian diocese must erase baptismal register data on request could have significant implications for the Church’s autonomy and institutional freedom of religion. That is the contention of a…...
Starting Seven: September 3, 2026
1+ week, 2+ day ago (35+ 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....
Second German bishop in two weeks resigns, citing ‘toll of office’
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1002+ words) Pope Leo XIV accepted Wednesday another early resignation of a German diocesan bishop, who cited the toll of office as a reason for stepping down. The Holy See press office announced Sept. 2 that the pope had accepted the resignation of…...
Starting Seven: September 2, 2026
1+ week, 3+ day ago (35+ 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 comment....
Bishop reiterates threat to resign in dispute over Spanish shrine
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1258+ words) A six-year dispute between the Spanish Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón and Opus Dei over a Marian image at the shrine of Torreciudad has escalated after almost a year of relative silence, with the local bishop again threatening to resign if the…...
What to make of Pope Leo’s Eastern canonical reform
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1149+ words) Pope Leo XIV issued on Saturday a reform to the Code of Canons for Eastern Churches, the common legal framework for the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches sui iuris. The new law creates a mechanism for the synods of the Eastern Churches…...