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The important Catholic debate
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (263+ words) War? Schism? Genocide? Fraud, pestilence, global conspiracies? These are all child’s play. Back in my day, Catholics used to spend our days on the internet arguing about really important things, like yoga. Oh yes. It’s finally summer, the streams are…...
Study: Irish Catholicism robust despite secularization
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (817+ words) Martin of Armagh said the study pointed to a rising interest in religion among young adults....
Pray for the pope, and bagels as the basis culture
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1746+ words) This Pillar Post is available entirely for free to all readers through a sponsorship from Source and Summit. It’s still Easter, and you’re reading The Tuesday Pillar Post. At the end of this week, the Church will celebrate the anniversary…...
Five big trends in new global Church data
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (569+ words) In recent years, the Vatican has offered a snapshot of the latest global Catholic statistics each March. The figures are drawn from two sources: the Annuario Pontificio, a chunky red book known in English as the Pontifical Yearbook, and the…...
What is the state of Catholicism in England and Wales?
7+ mon, 11+ hour ago (1079+ words) When Bishop Richard Moth is installed as the 12th Archbishop of Westminster Saturday he will become the most prominent Catholic leader in Britain. The secular media will likely describe Moth in the coming years as “the head of Britain’s Catholics.” While…...
How priestly formation is changing in Germany
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1422+ words) The German bishops released this week a new national framework for priestly formation that introduces significant changes to the selection and formation of candidates for the priesthood. The 203-page document, known as the Ratio Nationalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis, replaces guidelines issued…...
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…...
What’s at stake in Nigeria’s Church-state clash?
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1438+ words) August is normally a quiet month for Catholic news. But not in Nigeria, which has just witnessed a significant clash between Church and state. The dispute began, ironically, with a relatively cordial July 28 meeting between a delegation of bishops and…...
How Catholics influenced AA – and AA influences Catholics
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (1663+ words) Jan. 24 will mark 55 years since the death of Bill Wilson, who co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous along with Bob Smith. AA is firmly established in the culture’s imagination, particularly in the Anglosphere. But less well-known is the role the Catholic Church played…...
‘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…...