Luke Coppen
@LukeCoppen
Senior Correspondent @PillarCatholic
A French archbishop has condemned as "appalling" the decision by a colleague to appoint as chancellor a priest previously jailed for rape. pillarcatholic.com/p/french-bisho…
Bishop Paul McAleenan, our Lead Bishop for Refugees and Migrants, has released a statement on the recent protests taking place in Epping outside an asylum hotel since last Thursday. cbcew.org.uk/bishop-mcaleen…
“The moral peril is greatest in countries like my own, in which a socialized health care and pension system has a strong incentive to winnow down its most expensive users.” nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opi…
‣Leo XIV meets Council for the Economy 🇻🇦 ‣Pope: Migrants are “witnesses of hope” 🇻🇦 ‣Haiti’s bishops decry “collapse of moral and social order” 🇭🇹 ‣Almost 800 respond to NY archdiocese discernment program 🇺🇸 S7 tinyurl.com/ynhxbcz8 Sign up tinyurl.com/ye6u5xb4
Bishop Erik Varden on a generational transition in the Catholic Church: tinyurl.com/mwfhj2bc
France and Germany are interesting outliers here: tinyurl.com/3ubyf2tt
I wonder what this means for the beatification cause of Fr. Arrupe, which opened in 2019...
Pedro Arrupe, the late leader of the Jesuits and a candidate for sainthood, acknowledged in records produced as part of a New Orleans court case that he was warned that one of the group's aspiring priests had been accused of sexually abusing 2 minors. bit.ly/4mar4dd
‣Leo XIV meets Algerian president 🇻🇦🇩🇿 ‣Half a million expected for youth Jubilee 🇮🇹 ‣Armed group desecrates Congo church 🇨🇩 ‣Bishops invite pope to Belarus 🇧🇾 Starting 7: tinyurl.com/d5pscu3m Sign up: tinyurl.com/ye6u5xb4
A Colorado Congressman has aimed to protect Leo XIV's U.S. citizenship -- and keep the IRS at bay! pillarcatholic.com/p/hes-a-real-a…
‣Leo XIV condemns arms trade🇻🇦 ‣Pakistani Catholic arrested for alleged blasphemy 🇵🇰 ‣German Catholic theology faculty opposes Bishop Barron prize 🇩🇪 ‣Georgia’s Patriarch Ilia II now has 50,000 godchildren 🇬🇪 S7 tinyurl.com/yc7eydbw Sign up tinyurl.com/ye6u5xb4
Germany’s synodal way called for a uniform approach to couples’ blessings. The bishops’ conference issued a handout intended to promote uniformity. So why are German dioceses heading in different directions on blessings? pillarcatholic.com/p/whats-happen…
Bring back papal dukes! Wait. Bring back papal dukes? It's the Tuesday Pillar Post. pillarcatholic.com/p/papal-dukes-…
‣Nigerian priest abducted by Boko Haram freed 🇳🇬 ‣Latin Patriarch calls for “courageous reconciliation” after Gaza visit 🇵🇸 ‣Pope Leo mourns Dhaka jet crash victims 🇻🇦🇧🇩 ‣Zimbabwe sees drop in seminarians 🇿🇼 S7 tinyurl.com/4t95mjuh Sign up tinyurl.com/ye6u5xb4
“Christ is not absent from Gaza” — Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa
الكلمة الافتتاحية لغبطة الكاردينال بييرباتيستا بيتسابالا في المؤتمر الصحفي المشترك Opening Speech of Cardinal Pizzaballa at the Joint Press Conference lpj.org/en/news/cardin…
The archbishop of Łódź has condemned recent “hate and fear” expressed towards refugees and migrants. "Catholic teaching clearly states that every person has the right to choose a place to live and be respected in that place for their beliefs and culture" notesfrompoland.com/2025/07/21/pol…
‣Pope Leo talks with Mahmoud Abbas 🇻🇦 ‣Latin Patriarch celebrates Mass at Gaza parish 🇵🇸 ‣Police called to Kerala parish amid liturgy dispute 🇮🇳 ‣Bl. Franz Jägerstätter’s daughter dies at 87 🇦🇹 S7: tinyurl.com/449tsnyp Sign up: tinyurl.com/ye6u5xb4
