Ed is joined this week by Pillar columnist Stephen White to talk about U.S. bishops’ efforts to regulate liturgy in their dioceses, and the viability of territorial parishes.

Then, they talk about the shifting demographics of the U.S. Church.

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Show notes:

First Things: Putting an End to the Liturgy Wars

Column: What the bishop never sees

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Immigration protests are catching steam across the United States. Ed wonders why Cardinal Robert McElroy has not weighed in?

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Ed explains the significance of this week’s appointment of a new auxiliary bishop to an archdiocese in mainland China. JD responds to some feedback to last week’s episode by victim-survivors of clerical sex abuse. Then, JD and Ed talk about protests along the route of the National Eucharistic Congress’ walking pilgrimage.

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JD and Ed talk about the value of liturgical diversity— and summer!

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A custody battle. Then, the bishops of Washington are suing the state over a new reporting law that requires clerics to violate the seal of confession. JD and Ed talk about what the seal of confession, and why Washington bishops are taking legal action to protect it.

Ed plays a round of Washington state trivia.

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PETA wants Pope Leo XIV to condemn bullfighting.

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JD and Ed detail the complicated situation unfolding in the Diocese of Charlotte. They talk about the relationship between law and liturgy.

Then, JD brings back the popular game “Bishop or No Bishop?”

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Ed is joined by Rome correspondent Edgar Beltran to talk about the first weeks of the Leonine pontificate. They talk about anticipated curial appointments and what those appointments could tell us about Pope Leo.

Then, Edgar details his analysis on the Vatican’s diplomatic priorities in Latin America.

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Ed is an anxious traveler. But there are three places he would like to go in his lifetime.

Will Pope Leo XIV wear a papal crown at his inauguration this Sunday?

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Pope Leo XIV is being widely celebrated in the Church. JD asks if this is still the honeymoon phase, or the new normal?

Then, the Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad denies giving an interview in Arabic about a conclave mishap.

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