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Slovak bishops: State funding changes will harm Church ...

Government proposals pose 'serious risk' to character and financial stability of...

Pope Leo approves reordering of Chinese dioceses, appoi...

Suppression of two mainland sees with papal approval is a Leonine ‘first’

‘My stomach dropped’ - After Minneapolis shooting, Cath...

“My kids are in Catholic schools, my stomach dropped when I heard about it.”

The Tuesday Pillar Post - September 9, 2025

Written by JD Flynn and published September 9, 2025.

The Friday Pillar Post - September 5, 2025

Written by Ed Condon and published September 5, 2025.

Who are Britain’s Catholic royals?

The Duchess of Kent, the first senior British royal to convert to Catholicism in...

American pope, American Lady: The story behind Our Lady...

“It’s a time of grace now for the States.”

Irish-born missionary and seven Haitian nationals relea...

"This has been an extremely traumatic episode for all involved."

Starting Seven: September 4, 2025

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

Is church vandalism rising across Europe?

And if it is, what are the possible reasons?

News Roundup— Week of September 4

A Nigerian bishop has warned Fulani terrorists are carrying out a genocide of Ch...

‘I am just a priest’ — Fr. Mike Schmitz on Catholic inf...

The priest says he is well-aware of his fame, and the temptations that it can pr...

Has Leo XIV ushered in a new era for Syro-Malabar Catho...

The new pontificate has coincided with major changes in the Eastern Church.

‘God is faithful’: 20 years after Katrina, New Orleans ...

"The new communities that have been built out of that are really signs of hope a...

The Friday Pillar Post - August 29, 2025

Written by Ed Condon and published August 29, 2025.

Breaking Free

We need to know who we are to understand who God is

The race to make Newman a Jubilee Year doctor

How John Henry Newman became a Doctor of the Church

‘The Church of the sheaves’ — preparing priests for the...

The Vatican's evangelization secretary on forming priests for Western dioceses a...