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Jesus does not recycle
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (181+ words) be transformed. All you have to do is give it to Jesus. Thus endeth the part of this essay that can easily be read in a youth minister voice. Jesus does not recycle....
Holy week, and our King
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1144+ words) Today’s Tuesday of Holy Week, and you’re reading The Tuesday Pillar Post. There is little for me to say, save for this: Go to confession, if you haven’t already this Lent. Hear more confessions than you planned, if you’re on…...
In the clubhouse with Christ — the ministry of MLB chaplains
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1803+ words) When Father Richard Rocha quit coaching high school football to enter seminary, he thought he would be stepping away from athletics for good. But in 2005, a few years into his priesthood, Bishop Robert Finn, who was then bishop of the…...
‘Love is the great key’: Meet Servants of God Tomás and Paquita Alvira
4+ week, 2+ day ago (1797+ words) After 14 years of work, the Dicastery for the Causes of the Saints received last month the official biographies of Servants of God Tomás and Paquita Alvira, paving for the way for the next step in the beatification causes of a…...
The would-be viral moments of (soon-to-be-Blessed) Archbishop Fulton Sheen
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (1269+ words) Back in the 1950s, when somebody said the word viral, they were talking about a disease. It would be decades before short video clips or edgy tweets could go viral. Which means that media stars living in the before-times never had…...
The Curé, the news, and a French bishop in Texas
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1820+ words) Today’s the feast of St. John Vianney, and you’re reading The Tuesday Pillar Post. If you’re a parish priest, today’s your day. If you’re not, today’s the day for your parish priest. Most of you know something about his story:…...
Luke Coppen on The Pillar
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (36+ words) Thank you so much for pointing that out. I've corrected it. I’d like to imagine this was supposed to be in response to Kevin...
‘Thanking God for everything’ - For Catholic politician, gratitude strengthened faith in Venezuelan prison
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (1942+ words) Juan Pablo Guanipa is one of the best-known faces of the Venezuelan opposition. He is widely considered to be Nobel Peace Prize Award winner María Corina Machado’s right-hand man. He has served as a local councilmember, congressman, and vice president…...
God bless the pope down in Africa
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1732+ words) Pope Leo is currently in Africa, on an 11-day voyage that spans the nations of Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea. Peace has been a major theme so far in all of the destinations on the pope’s April 13-23 voyage. While…...
In the confessional with PriestChat
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (1127+ words) AI is coming for financial analysts, journalists, and plenty of other jobs. But the job security of priests should be pretty safe, right? Canon law is pretty clear that only a human male can be a priest. Unless you ask…...