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Sede vacante: What happens now, and who is in charge?

3 days ago | pillarcatholic.com

The pope has died. How does the Church elect his successor?
‘This chaos is well organized’: Bishop Shomali on Holy Week in the Holy Land

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.
How Sudan’s Catholics are surviving the war

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.
Starting Seven: April 15, 2025

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.
Delhi police bar the Way of the Cross

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.
Starting Seven: April 14, 2025

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.
‘God’s architect’ - Will Antoni Gaudí be beatified?

1 week ago | pillarcatholic.com | Fionn Shiner

The wild, extravagant spires of the basilica of Sagrada Familia, reaching up jauntily to the heavens, are as synonymous with the city of Barcelona as Lionel Messi, Las Ramblas, and the fierce battle for Catalan independence. Take a walk through touristy parts of the city and you will see t-shirts, mugs, and plates emblazoned with images of its unique edifice. The city council has been forced to propose making a nearby square into an “anteroom” to ease tourist congestion.
A Catholic mission amid Burma's war

2 weeks ago | pillarcatholic.com | Antonio Graceffo

Airstrikes shatter the sky. Churches lie in ruins. Secret arrests sweep people away in the night. Priests recite funeral rites daily. Young men, missing limbs, hobble on crutches, waiting months for prosthetics at clinics the Burmese government bombs into dust. But amid the chaos, through the haze of suffering, people of Karenni State—one of the smallest ethnic regions in Buddhist-majority Burma—cling to their Catholic faith.
Why did India’s bishops back a bill opposed by Muslim leaders?

2 weeks ago | pillarcatholic.com | Luke Coppen

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India issued a short statement Monday that caused large ripples across the country. The CBCI expressed support March 31 for the reform of regulations governing Islamic charitable endowments, arguing that some provisions in the existing law were incompatible with India’s Constitution and secular democratic values.
Starting Seven: April 4, 2025

2 weeks 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. There will be no Starting Seven next week due to a vacation. The next Starting Seven will be on Monday, April 14.