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Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter.
I’m Luke Coppen and I aim to guide you each weekday morning to the most interesting Catholic news and comment.
Today’s saint: St. Colette of Corbie (Roman Martyrology).
Today’s readings: Dn 9:4b-10 ▪ Ps 79:8, 9, 11 and 13 ▪ Lk 6:36-38.
Starting seven
1: A memorial to abuse survivors will be unveiled during World Youth Day in Lisbon as part of the Portuguese bishops’ response to an independent report on cases since 1950 (Portuguese report).
2: Closing the Africa synodal continental assembly March 4, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo said that “listening to each other and to the Holy Spirit helped us to reach consensus in dealing with the delicate themes that the Church is living today on the continent” (Hatem Bourial).
3: Thousands of people attended the March 3 funeral of the slain Bishop David O’Connell at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles (full video).
4: Synodal way co-president Irme Stetter-Karp has expressed surprise at the German bishops’ plan to submit amendments to texts tabled for discussion at the initiative’s final gathering this week, saying that the deadline for changes has passed (German report).
5: Cardinal Julián Herranz says “there is continuity” in the pontificates of Benedict XVI and Francis (Spanish interview, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi Italian interview)
Continued below.
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I’m Luke Coppen and I aim to guide you each weekday morning to the most interesting Catholic news and comment.
Today’s saint: St. Colette of Corbie (Roman Martyrology).
Today’s readings: Dn 9:4b-10 ▪ Ps 79:8, 9, 11 and 13 ▪ Lk 6:36-38.
Starting seven
1: A memorial to abuse survivors will be unveiled during World Youth Day in Lisbon as part of the Portuguese bishops’ response to an independent report on cases since 1950 (Portuguese report).
2: Closing the Africa synodal continental assembly March 4, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo said that “listening to each other and to the Holy Spirit helped us to reach consensus in dealing with the delicate themes that the Church is living today on the continent” (Hatem Bourial).
3: Thousands of people attended the March 3 funeral of the slain Bishop David O’Connell at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles (full video).
4: Synodal way co-president Irme Stetter-Karp has expressed surprise at the German bishops’ plan to submit amendments to texts tabled for discussion at the initiative’s final gathering this week, saying that the deadline for changes has passed (German report).
5: Cardinal Julián Herranz says “there is continuity” in the pontificates of Benedict XVI and Francis (Spanish interview, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi Italian interview)
Continued below.
Starting Seven: March 6, 2023
Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter. I’m Luke Coppen and I aim to guide you each weekday morning to the most interesting Catholic news and comment. Today’s saint: St. Colette of Corbie (Roman Martyrology). Today’s readings: Dn 9:4b-10 ▪ Ps 79:8, 9, 11
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