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Ep. 217: Territorial parishes, and the US Church of tomorrow
Episode 217
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…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Bonus: Where is Cardinal McElroy?
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Immigration protests are catching steam across the United States.…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Ep. 216: Playing God, and a functioning Vatican-China deal
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 t…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Bonus: Character-builder or catastrophe?
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JD and Ed talk about the value of liturgical diversity— and summe…
7 months ago
Ep. 215: BEEF and Washington’s anti-clerical law
Episode 215
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 confessio…
7 months ago
Bonus: PETA and the pontiff
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PETA wants Pope Leo XIV to condemn bullfighting.
Are you a paying…
7 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 214: Charlotte’s web
Episode 214
JD and Ed detail the complicated situation unfolding in the Diocese of Charlotte. They talk about the relationship between law and liturgy.
Then, JD …
7 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 213: “Our guy,” and the impossible job
Episode 213
Ed is joined by Rome correspondent Edgar Beltran to talk about the first weeks of the Leonine pontificate. They talk about anticipated curial appoint…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Bonus: Dream travel, cricket and papal tiaras
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Ed is an anxious traveler. But there are three places he would li…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 212: The Leonine honeymoon? And one hell of a tale
Episode 212
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 o…
7 months, 3 weeks ago