RELIGION

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‘Saving African lives’ & Cardinal Ambongo on USAID

‘Saving African lives’ & Cardinal Ambongo on USAID

"Gratitude is such a powerful aspect of international politics."

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Starting Seven: July 1, 2025

Starting Seven: July 1, 2025

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

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‘The focus is dignity’ & For former inmates, St. Vincent de Paul program offers a fresh start

‘The focus is dignity’ & For former inmates, St. Vincen...

"I got my kids back, I have a roof over my head, and a stable job."

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Arzobispo de Lima acusado de irregularidades en caso de abuso contra una monja

Arzobispo de Lima acusado de irregularidades en caso de...

Críticos del Cardenal Carlos Castillo Mattasogglio alegan malos manejos financie...

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Will an American pope mean a wave of new American saints?

Will an American pope mean a wave of new American saints?

Here are a few of the many Americans whose causes could be fast-tracked under th...

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Bonus: Pilgrimage, and softball dreams

Bonus: Pilgrimage, and softball dreams

JD wants to start a softball team at his parish.

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Ep. 218: Jeff Bezos got married. Is it valid?

Ep. 218: Jeff Bezos got married. Is it valid?

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are throwing a three-day wedding extravaganza this...

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The Friday Pillar Post & June 27, 2025

The Friday Pillar Post & June 27, 2025

Written by Ed Condon and published June 27, 2025.

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Carmelite martyrs & survivors

Carmelite martyrs & survivors

Toward the end of the French Revolution, on July 17, 1794, 11 Discalced Carmelit...

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US criticises MPs for backing ‘state&sponsored suicide’

US criticises MPs for backing ‘state&sponsored suicide’

The Trump administration has rebuked British MPs for backing “state-subsidised s...

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Is this the Killing Parliament?

Is this the Killing Parliament?

In the decades to come, when the history of our times is being written, one wond...

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Don’t be fooled by dubious models of success, Pope warns newly&ordained priests

Don’t be fooled by dubious models of success, Pope warn...

Pope Leo XIV has warned 32 new priests to not be taken in by today’s models of s...

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Pakistani Catholic freed from death row 23 years after blasphemy conviction

Pakistani Catholic freed from death row 23 years after ...

The Pakistan Supreme Court has ordered the acquittal of an elderly Christian on ...

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Pope Leo: violence raging in Christian East with ‘a diabolical intensity’ that shames mankind

Pope Leo: violence raging in Christian East with ‘a dia...

Pope Leo XIV has warned that violence against Christians in the East is raging “...

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Synodality is the result of a theological error: Küng vs. Ratzinger 2.0

Synodality is the result of a theological error: Küng v...

Left: Hans Küng in a 1973 photo; right: Joseph Ratzinger in a 1962 photo. (Image...