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pillarcatholic.com | Luke Coppen
Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter. I’m Luke Coppen and I seek to guide you each weekday morning to the most interesting Catholic news and comment.
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1 week ago |
pillarcatholic.com | Luke Coppen
A German cathedral chapter apologized this week for hosting a performance featuring semi-clad dancers waving plucked chickens wrapped in diapers. The chapter of Paderborn Cathedral expressed “sincere regret” May 26 that the performance by the dance ensemble Bodytalk “offended religious feelings.”“Such an effect was never intended and does not correspond to our expectations of this place with its special religious, historical, and cultural significance,” it said.
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1 week ago |
pillarcatholic.com | Luke Coppen
Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter. I’m Luke Coppen and I aim to guide you each weekday morning to the most interesting Catholic news and comment.
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1 week ago |
pillarcatholic.com | Luke Coppen
A lay committee in Germany’s Münster diocese has criticized the decision to award a prestigious Catholic philosophical prize to U.S. Bishop Robert Barron, accusing him of making “anti-queer statements” and supporting President Donald Trump’s transgender policies. The founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries is due to receive the award July 27 from the Münster-based Josef Pieper Foundation, which promotes the work of Pieper, a 20th-century Catholic philosopher.
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1 week ago |
pillarcatholic.com | Luke Coppen
Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter. I’m Luke Coppen and I aim to guide you each weekday morning to the most interesting Catholic news and comment.
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