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The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published July 2 a document explaining a process for the reconciliation of priests and lay people wishing to leave the Society St. Pius X, just hours after the Holy See announced that the society had entered into schism following the illicit episcopal cons...

One day after the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X saw the illicit consecration of new bishops, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith responded with a decree declaring some excommunications, and an “explanatory note” offering additional ecclesial guidance.While the overall intent...

With a decree and explanatory note from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican on Thursday declared the excommunication of the bishops of the Society of St. Pius X following their illicit episcopal consecrations on July 1.Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio, the seat of the Dicastery for the...

Pillar paid subscribers can listen to Ed read this Pillar Post here: The Pillar TL;DRHappy Friday friends,Here I am, back.Let me begin by saying thank you, sincerely, and profoundly, for the countless messages of concern, prayers — even Mass intentions — you all sent me following last week’s newslet...

Pope Leo XIV met Tuesday with one of Africa’s most prominent Catholic leaders.Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, pictured in 2017. Screenshot from @UNMINUSCA YouTube channel.That, in itself, is not surprising. But the background to the June 30 encounter between Leo XIV and Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalaing...

Letter of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States of AmericaI extend my heartfelt congratulations to all Americans on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This semiquincentennial marks that defining m...

As we approach America’s semiquincentennial, I have been thinking back to the joyful celebrations for the bicentennial, and wondering why our 250th birthday party is such a dud.Credit: UnsplashThen I thought that perhaps my recollections of the “Spirit of (19)76” were a bit tinted by rosy retrospect...

Journalists covering this week’s illicit episcopal consecrations by the Society of St. Pius X have faced an awkward problem.More than 15,000 laypeople attended the SSPX episcopal consecrations in Écône, Switzerland, on July 1, 2026. Screenshot from @SSPX YouTube channel.It’s this: it seems impossibl...

War? Schism? Genocide? Fraud, pestilence, global conspiracies? These are all child’s play. Back in my day, Catholics used to spend our days on the internet arguing about really important things, like yoga.Simcha’s butter chicken.Oh yes. It’s finally summer, the streams are flowing, and I’d dearly li...

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...