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Seven things to know about March for Life speaker Father Mike Schmitz…
By Kate Olivera Denver Newsroom, Jan 21, 2022 / 06:00 am Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates are expected to gather at the National Mall in Washington later today for the annual March for Life. The march will kick off with a noon rally featuring speakers including the host of the “Bible in a Year” podcast, Fr. Mike Schmitz. Here are seven things to know about the priest: 1. Schmitz was raised ...
This year’s March for Life, the 49th, will be different…..
The annual March for Life in Washington began in 1974 — and it’s hard to think of a more admirable or consistent public witness to the dignity of the human person being given for so many years by so many people of all races, religions, and social classes. The March has taken place in fair weather and foul. Senior public officials have addressed it; others have assiduously (or contemptuously) ignor...
“Catholics” for choice, marchers for life, and how to sabotage a synod…
Happy Friday friends, And to all those of you in or making your way here to Washington for the March for Life today, I hope you wore your thermals. For those of you at home, when you see images today of families with young children out there, bear in mind that it’s due to be -8ºc in the District today. We have a lot of great stuff to go along with today’s march and the cause of defending the...
Activist Group Projects Pro-Choice Messages on Washington Basilica on Eve of March for Life…
Ashley Wilson, director of communications and strategy for Catholics for Choice, tweeted an explanation of the group’s protest. “I know that my faith teaches Catholics to honor personal conscience,” she wrote. “And yet, the Catholic hierarchy seeks to polarize pro-choice Catholics and villainize people who make the moral choice to have abortions.” “I am tired of feeling shame and stigma for ...
How to become a Christian
Every month, about 50 people google this question, “How to become a Christian” Apparently, many people have a desire to learn more about Jesus. Or about God. It’s not just a question either, so it makes sense that people are looking for an answer. What is involved in becoming a Christian? Take the first step The first step is to make a choice. Deciding that you want to become a Christian, or at le...
Names of the Holy Spirit
Before you read about the names of the Holy Spirit, an introduction. The Holy Spirit, together with God and Jesus, forms the Holy Trinity. Holy Trinity is a term not mentioned in the Bible, but we use it to understand a little bit about the mystery of God. The Holy Spirit incites people to tell others about God. He helps believers with prayer and perseverance. Like some kind of inner (and supernat...
Here’s a Q&A to help make sense of what’s been alleged about Benedict XVI and Munich…
Pope Benedict XVI in 2008. Credit: Mangouste35/wikimedia. CC BY SA 3.0 Pope emeritus Benedict XVI is in the headlines Thursday, as a new report alleges that he mishandled abuse cases while serving as the leader of a German archdiocese in the 1970s and 80s. To help make sense of what’s been alleged, The Pillar answers your questions: What happened? A German law firm published on Thursday a long-awa...
Answering the call: When a fire truck becomes a ‘friar truck’…
Sound the alarm, and make way for the “Friar Truck” and its first official call: January’s “Bible Marathon” in St. Martinville, Louisiana. After this debut, it will continue carrying on its official duty — proclaiming the word of God from its eye-catching, antique mobile pulpit. No one will be able to miss the message as the Friar Truck makes its rounds. It is the brainchild-innovation of Father M...
Vatican Makes It Official: St. Irenaeus to Be Declared a Doctor of the Church …
In a speech to a group of Catholic and Orthodox theologians last October, Pope Francis called St. Irenaeus “a great spiritual and theological bridge between Eastern and Western Christians.” VATICAN CITY — St. Irenaeus of Lyon is one step closer to being the first martyr to be declared a Doctor of the Church. Pope Francis met with the head of the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints on Thu...
How Stalin’s Russia-Ukraine ‘Sobor’ applies to China’s ‘Sinicization’…
COMMENTARY: Being co-opted by a corrupt regime is worse than being controlled by it — that’s the lesson relevant to China today. The Winter Olympics in China are about to open, a welcome propaganda exercise for an authoritarian regime. Eight years ago at Sochi 2014, Vladimir Putin took a vainglorious turn on the world stage, promising a return to imperial glory for the hungry Russian bear. A...
My dad, Bruce Thomas Clark, and the communion of saints…
‘Every human being is destined to die. But death is not the last word. Death, the mystery of the Virgin’s Assumption assures us … is the passage to the eternal happiness in store for those who toil for truth and justice and do their utmost to follow Christ.’ —Pope St. John Paul II On Jan. 10, my father died in the arms of the Catholic Church — embraced by Confession, Holy Communion, Anointing of t...
Benedict XVI, Cardinal Marx Faulted in Munich Abuse Report for Mishandling Cases…
He said that in two of the cases, clerics committed abuse while Ratzinger was in office. While they were criminally sanctioned by secular courts, they continued to perform pastoral duties, he said, and no action was taken against them under canon law. In a third case, a cleric convicted by a foreign court worked in the Munich archdiocese. Pusch suggested that Ratzinger knew of the priest’s history...
