The Pillar Podcast

The hosts discuss the long-lasting effects of the Second Vatican Council on the Catholic Church, the potential impact on the church's teachings and practices in the future, and the misinterpretation and misuse of the council's texts. They also express gratitude to listeners and briefly talk about car accidents in New Jersey, their low key Christmas celebration, and the tragic accident of the Flying Willendas.

In a special Christmas Eve episode, Ed talks to Bishop Richard Umbers of the Archdiocese of Sydney about which Christmas Mass is the worst, the impossible banality of meetings, and the new evangelization.Fair warning, the first seven and a half minutes are about cricket, so either fast forward, or just deal with it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe

Merry Christmas! Ed hosts an end of year news quiz with special guests Katie Ruvalcaba, Stephanie Slade, and Stephen White, and JD behaves about as well as you’d expect. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe

JD and Ed talk about an unpublished document from Rome, and what might happen with new guidance on the old Mass. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe

Ed explains why the Perlasca Tapes are the best thing on TV, and JD parses the law and language of a diocesan policy on baptism and transgender issues. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe

JD and Ed talk about family leave, economic justice, and fight about the essential nature of corporations — no seriously. And JD plays Minnesota Yes or No. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe

On their Thanksgiving episode of The Pillar Podcast, Ed and JD make predictions for the upcoming liturgical year, which begins on Sunday. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe

Back from Baltimore, JD and Ed go over the highlights of the USCCB meeting this week, and especially the document on the Eucharist. Did the bishops just do a synodality? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe

This week, JD and Ed talk about a very hard story out of Cleveland, The Pillar’s survey of religious attitudes and practice, and look ahead to the bishops’ conference meeting next week.And JD wants to talk about the way Ed speaks. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe

JD and Ed talk about the Nebraska attorney general’s report, and the USCCB’s document on the Eucharist.And JD gets back to his roots. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pillarcatholic.com/subscribe