+Paprocki: “Honoring a public figure who has actively worked to expand and entrench the right to end innocent human life in the womb undermines the very concept of human dignity and solidarity that the award purports to uphold.”
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- An incident in which Denver seminarians were invited to make a "blood oath" with a man in a yeti costume has been described as "a well-intended moment that clearly went badly wrong and never should have happened" by the vice rector involved.
- +Paprocki: "When we see something that is wrong taking place, I don’t think that we should be silent or say, ‘Well, I don't want to say anything because that will violate unity.’"
- A controversial leaked policy is on ice, but liturgical controversy continues in the Diocese of Charlotte.
- Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte will delay the implementation of new restrictions on the Extraordinary Form of the Mass until October, priests were informed today. Full Story:
- Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. @PillarCatholic cofounder @canonlawyered and his wife Mrs Condon welcomed into the world a new baby daughter this morning. Name pending, but sources tell @PillarCatholic it could be soon.
- #Breaking: Cardinal Joseph Zen has urged bishops to push back against 'manipulation' in the synod on synodality.
- "He was asked to consider taking time to know the people and the diocese better."
- #Breaking: Rep. Nancy Pelosi has been barred from Holy Communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, offer her efforts to codify abortion protections in federal law.
- Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, one of the world’s foremost theologians and the first pope to retire in almost 600 years, has died at the age of 95. pillarcatholic.com/benedict-xvi-o…
- The share of new U.S. priests identifying as theologically “progressive” has fallen so low that the phenomenon has “all but vanished,” a new report says.
- Catholics call for a USCCB statement on Charlie Kirk:
- "To avoid creating confusion among the faithful, we direct that for pastoral reasons, blessings of any kind and for same-sex unions of any kind, are not permitted in Malawi.” - Malawi bishops' conference
- French Catholics who have attended Traditional Latin Masses outside a closed chapel for more than two years will now be offered regular Sunday Masses using the 1962 missal in a local chapel. pillarcatholic.com/french-bishop-…
