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Ep. 230: Our first Leo data points

JD is not boycotting homework.

Bonus: Kids these days!

Ed shares a story from his Sunday.

Vatican Observatory’s new head talks wars, galaxies, an...

In 1990, the future director of the Vatican Observatory was living in a refugee ...

The Tuesday Pillar Post - September 24, 2025

Written by JD Flynn and published September 24, 2025.

Starting Seven: September 25, 2025

Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter.

Appeal hearings begin in Vatican financial trial

Hearings began with calls for the recusal of Vatican City's chief prosecutor

WYD Lisbon’s unlikely surplus launches foundation to in...

"We also had a spiritual heritage from World Youth Day that we wanted to perpetu...

News Roundup— Week of September 25

The head of the German bishops’ conference defends their guidelines on blessings...

Starting Seven: September 22, 2025

Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter.

What’s so funny?

Our lack of civic friendship is cause and effect of a withered sense of humor.

Teaching history means teaching sin - and redemption

“There is no such thing as neutrality, especially in history.”

Paprocki: On Durbin award, ‘I had to say something’

“I'm hoping and praying for some reconsideration.“

After statement from Paprocki, Cardinal Cupich defends ...

Cupich said he is trying to 'engage in dialogue' with Durbin.

German bishops’ leader to pro-lifers: Shun nationalism

Bishop Bätzing sends greeting to participants in Germany’s March for Life.

The Friday Pillar Post - September 19, 2025

Written by Ed Condon and published September 19, 2025.

What do we know about Pope Leo’s first encyclical and a...

Various media reports indicate that Pope Leo is preparing documents to be publis...

Ep. 229: What Pope Leo said

JD and Ed talk about recently published excerpts of Pope Leo XIV’s first intervi...

Starting Seven: September 16, 2025

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Mine on the Moon

The Tuesday Pillar Post