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1 day ago | pillarcatholic.com | Jack Figge

Young Catholics in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, have expressed enthusiasm after Bishop Michael Martin temporarily paused a policy that restricts the Traditional Latin Mass in the diocese. But in a situation that’s received ongoing attention among Catholics, some say they are waiting to see whether their bishop will ask the Vatican to allow the extraordinary form of the Mass to continue in their parishes — and they wonder what Vatican officials will say.

2 days ago | pillarcatholic.com | Jack Figge

Young Catholics walking across the United States as part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, faced protestors in Dallas Wednesday night, with pilgrimage organizers saying they expect to see protests continue as the group makes its way to Los Angeles. The Dallas protests were the latest opposition to the walking Eucharistic pilgrimage, after similar demonstrations last week in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.

1 week ago | pillarcatholic.com | Jack Figge

More than 100 young Catholics listened intently to Father Timothy Reid’s homily during the noon Latin High Mass last Sunday, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Among them was Patrick Gallagher, a 20-year-old college student, and also Augusta Westhoff, 24. Just two days earlier, Gallagher and Westhoff learned that Charlotte’s Bishop Michael Martin had announced that beginning in July, Mass would no longer be offered at St. Ann’s parish using preconciliar liturgical rubrics.

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

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.