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  • 1 week ago | pillarcatholic.com | Luke Coppen

    On Easter Sunday, Bishop William Shomali will join other members of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The celebration at the site where tradition holds that Jesus died, was buried, and rose again will be even more resonant this year because both Catholics and Orthodox Christians will be marking it on the same date.

  • 1 week ago | pillarcatholic.com | Luke Coppen

    When civil war broke out in Sudan two years ago today, there were more than 1.2 million Catholics in the country. Although 90% of the nation’s roughly 50 million-strong population is Muslim, Sudan has had a significant Catholic presence for almost 200 years. Africa’s third-largest country is linked with saints such as Josephine Bakhita and Daniele Comboni, and other holy figures such as Zeinab Alif, a slave who became an abbess.

  • 1 week ago | 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.

  • 1 week ago | pillarcatholic.com | Luke Coppen

    Catholics in the Delhi archdiocese expressed “deep shock” Sunday after police denied them permission for an annual Way of the Cross procession through the streets of the Indian capital.

  • 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. 😇 Today’s saint:Bl. Peter González (Roman Martyrology). 📜 Today’s readings:Monday of Holy Week Is 42:1-7 ▪ Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14 ▪ Jn 12:1-11.

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