JD shares the competing origin stories for today's feast of the Nativity of Mary— and offers Marian devotion as the answer to calls for synodality.   Then, JD and Ed talk about the pope’s recent controversial remarks. - Be like Ed. Order your long-sleeve Pillar t-shirt today. - This episode of The Pillar Podcast is sponsored by Ascension, the publisher of the first-ever edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church with a specially designed Foundations of Faith approach. Get your copy of this special Catechism today! Visit ascensionpress.com/Catechism 

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Ep. 130: We could use an apparition

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In this subscriber-only bonus episode, JD and Ed plan a trip to Atlantic City. And Jon Favreau is not invited. - Are you a paying subscriber?  * Visit pillarcatholic.com/listen on your phone * Check the top right corner of the webpage to ensure you are logged into your Substack account.   * Tap ‘set up podcast’ next to The Pillar TL;DR Having issues? Check out this…

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JD and Ed talk about conflict over the appointment of a chaplain for the German scouting association. They talk about the complicated canonical status of a Catholic school in Harlem, where allegations of serial sexual assault by a teacher surfaced this week. Then, they talk about a Philadelphia priest who fell into extreme phone game addiction. This episode of The Pillar Podcast is sponsored by Seton Home Study School. Seton makes Catholic education affordable and available everywhere. Learn more at SetonHome.org   

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In this subscriber-only bonus episode, JD and Ed talk about an incident at a Florida parish last weekend and what might happen next. Are you a paying subscriber?  * Visit pillarcatholic.com/listen on your phone. * Check the top right corner of the webpage to ensure you are logged into your Substack account.   * Tap ‘set up podcast’ next to The Pillar TL;DR Having …

Bonus: On Sunday, at a parish in Florida

JD shares his experience at the launch of a Eucharistic pilgrimage in San Francisco on Sunday. Then, JD and Ed talk about the disconnect between Pope Francis’ stated goals for the Synod and the actual direction of the Synod.  This episode of The Pillar Podcast is sponsored by St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry, a Catholic graduate school based in Rochester, NY.  Join them this summer in auditing one course entirely free - made possible by the Knights of Columbus Finger Lakes Chapter.  You can learn more by visiting their website: www.stbernards.edu  

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Ep. 164: The people who walk with the Lord

In this bonus episode of The Pillar Podcast, JD talks with Lincoln Bishop James Conley about his recent pastoral letter addressing mental health, his own mental health journey, and the relationship of nature and grace. You can read or listen to Bishop Conley’s pastoral letter ‘A Future with Hope’ here: https://www.lincolndiocese.org/afuturewithhope 

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Ep. 130: We could use an apparition

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