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In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus gives the Twelve lessons in discipleship, both its costs and its blessings. Gospel (Read Mt. 10:37-42) In verses preceding this reading, Jesus perhaps startled His disciples with this warning:  “Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to...

This two-part article discusses how Christianity became a dominant force upon its emergence through the combined effects of imperial patronage, missionary endeavors, and ritual appropriation. Archaeological evidence and contemporaneous texts reveal that the aforementioned strategies were instrumenta...

“Have I ever witnessed a miracle?” is a worthwhile question in our Western culture dominated by rationalism, materialism, and scientism, as many skeptics and agnostics—and even some Christians—believe miracles impossible. A miracle, according to Merriam-Webster, is “an extraordinary event manifestin...

The Vatican’s liturgy department announced Tuesday that it had rejected the German bishops’ request to authorize lay preaching at Masses.Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship, pictured on Aug. 28, 2022. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.The Dicastery for Divine Worship said June 23 t...

Hey everybody,Thanks for reading The Tuesday Pillar Post.Today I want to tell you about Blessed Sister Rani Maria Vattalil.Sister Rani.She lived in India, was a Syro-Malabar Catholic, and entered religious life with her cousin in the early 1970s, when they were young women.Her religious community wa...

The Vatican has published the schedule for the upcoming extraordinary consistory, as well as a note on the confidentiality of the gathering.Cardinals at the inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV. Credit: Edgar Beltran/Pillar Media.Subscribe nowA June 22 statement from the Vatican outlined the detailed s...

A South African bishop appealed for calm Wednesday ahead of a deadline, set by protest groups, for undocumented migrants to leave the country.Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M. Credit: Screenshot from @sacbcofficial3253 YouTube channel.Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M., said June 24 that the...

Bishop David Oakley of Northampton, England, has been charged with two counts of rape of a minor, local police confirmed June 24. The bishop has been on a leave of absence since October last year, when he announced he was taking time away from the diocese for “personal reasons.”Bishop David Oakley....

In his remarks this month to the Spanish bishops, Pope Leo urged the Spanish Church to reflect on and imitate the Spaniards who evangelized Spain and the world in the 15th and 16th centuries.Pope Leo particularly cited the example of the “famous holy mufti [Islamic religious leader] of Granada, Fria...

The people of Venezuela are urgently in need of assistance, Catholic leaders said, after the northern region of the country was hit by a pair of earthquakes – the strongest in the country’s history.While there is no official death toll almost 24 hours after the earthquakes, there are almost 50,000 p...

A former diocesan employee pled guilty in Missouri last week to stealing more than $150,000 from a Catholic scholarship fund by illicitly buying and misusing gift cards.A former IRS investigator told The Pillar that theft-by-gift-card is a problem on the rise, and requires careful attention to addre...

The 23 Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome will have up to seven representatives at this week’s extraordinary consistory of the College of Cardinals.Eastern Catholic cardinals in St. Peter’s Square in 2023. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.ShareThey are likely to offer distinctive insights at...