The Pillar Podcast

On this week's episode, JD and Ed talk about the pandemic and Catholic schools - is it a crisis or an opportunity? They also discuss a really interesting interview with Myanmar’s Cardinal Charles Bo (who has some thoughts on the coup in his country, American politics, and China), and the German bishops’ latest efforts to democratize the Church. 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 The Pillar Podcast this week, JD and Ed talk about a report claiming the Church in the U.S. took coronavirus aid “while sitting on billions,” and discuss what the Catholic Church is - and what it definitely isn’t. 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 this week’s episode, JD and Ed talk over the canonical verdict on Bishop Hart, the correction of Nancy Pelosi, and Ed learns what “shapewear” is. 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 on The Pillar Podcast, JD and Ed discuss the inauguration of President Joe Biden, a statement from the USCCB president, episcopal fraternity, and ask: what is a bishops’ conference for, anyway? 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 this week’s show, JD and Ed discuss Pope Francis’s change to canon law to allow women to be instituted as lectors and acolytes, what that might have to do with the German bishops, and catch up on the latest developments in the Vatican financial scandal.Also, it turns out Ed knows more about Gwen Stefani than you might guess. 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 this second full-length episode of The Pillar Podcast, JD and Ed talk about the scenes at the Capitol on Wednesday, and what it means for the Church to exist in a post-Christian society.They also talk about how we got here as a culture, lockdowns, coronavirus, and how the Church can become more institutionally missionary in its outlook. 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 the first full episode of The Pillar Podcast, JD and Ed discuss how the tide of reform came back in for Cardinal Parolin and the Vatican Secretariat of State, the fight over the morality of coronavirus vaccines, and some highlights of TV in the 90s. 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

Welcome to The Pillar Podcast, a weekly discussion of news and events about and around the Catholic Church, with JD Flynn and Ed Condon. 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