The entrance of the Abbey Church of St Abderitestatos via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0).But historically it was not unusual for popes to be buried outside of the Vatican walls Only around 90 of the 266 popes lie within St Many were interred at other Roman basilicas Share Here are some of the places outside of the Eternal City where you can find papal tombs The tomb of Adrian III at Nonantola Abbey Douglas Sladen via Wikimedia (Public Domain).In 885 Pope Adrian III (also known as Hadrian III) left Rome with the goal of visiting the city of Worms where he hoped to bump into Charles the Fat dying near the northern Italian town of San Cesario sul Panaro Due to unstable and violent conditions in Rome the pope’s aides decided to bury him at the nearby Nonantola Abbey Although it wasn’t Adrian’s wish to be buried there it was a fitting setting as it housed the relics of Pope St and was a place of pilgrimage and hospitality A detail of the tomb of Clement II at Bamberg Cathedral in Germany Johannes Otto Först via Wikimedia (Public Domain).In 1047 Pope Clement II described the city of Bamberg as his “sweet bride,” seeming to express a longing to return there His body was transported back to his beloved city where he was interred in Bamberg Cathedral becoming the only pope buried north of the Alps But his love for Bamberg was sealed when he was named bishop of the city in 1040 The tomb of St Celestine V at the Basilica of Collemaggio in L’Aquila Bramfab via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).When the hermit Pietro Angelerio da Morrone was traveling through L’Aquila in 1274 he reputedly had a dream of the Virgin Mary asking him to build a church on the hill of Collemaggio He fulfilled the request by founding the church of Santa Maria di Collemaggio His pontificate was unhappy and unsuccessful his reasons included “the deficiencies of his own physical strength [and] his longing for the tranquility of his former life.” Celestine was not allowed to revert to being a hermit and died in 1296 His tomb at the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio was damaged during a devastating 2009 earthquake Leave a comment A drawing of the tomb Bl Robert Valette via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).The Benedictine monk Guillaume de Grimoard was elected abbot of Saint-Victor in Marseille in 1361 he set about expanding the abbey’s influence in the bustling port city The papacy was then based in nearby Avignon from where he continued to take a keen interest in the abbey he was buried briefly at Avignon but later moved to the abbey austere Urban was the only Avignon pope to be beatified The abbey was ransacked during the French Revolution ReplyShare 3 replies 8 more comments...LatestNo posts When Pope Francis is laid to rest at the Basilica of St. Mary Major Saturday, he will be the first pope since Leo XIII to be buried somewhere other than St. Peter\u2019s Basilica. Share It\u2019s more rare, however, for popes to be buried outside of Rome. But given the papacy\u2019s turbulent history, it has happened several times. Here are some of the places outside of the Eternal City where you can find papal tombs. Celestine V at the Basilica of Collemaggio in L\u2019Aquila Bramfab via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).When the hermit Pietro Angelerio da Morrone was traveling through L\u2019Aquila in 1274 his reasons included \u201Cthe deficiencies of his own physical strength [and] his longing for the tranquility of his former life.\u201D Celestine was not allowed to revert to being a hermit and died in 1296 Leave a comment The tomb of Gregory XII at the Cathedral of San Flaviano in Recanati Mongolo1984 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).When Pope Gregory XII abdicated in 1415 in an attempt to resolve the Western Schism The schism was a time of high ecclesial drama in which there were competing claimants for the papacy around 150 miles from Rome and removed from the city\u2019s politicking Subscribe now Evacuations have been carried out after flooding in Emilia-Romagna and Veneto Regions Media report at least 2 weather-related fatalities Italy’s Ministry of the Interior reported that the regions of Veneto Lombardy and Tuscany were all severely affected said it had carried out 2,500 interventions between 05 and 07 December As many as 245 people were rescued either by boat or helicopter on 06 December Fatalities have been reported as a result of severe weather in Lombardy and the southern region of Basilicata the worst of the flooding was along the Panaro river in Modena Province in Emilia-Romagna region Residents in Nonantola are particularly badly affected Vigili del Fuoco rescued 175 people from flooding in the affected areas on 06 December Civil Protection in Emilia-Romagna said a total of 364 people evacuated their homes Rescue operations were continuing in Nonantola as of early 07 December Regional authorities said the the Panaro river at nearby measuring station Navicello reached the danger mark of 11.5 metres on 06 December while the Secchia river at Ponte Bacchello in Modena Province reached 11.72 metres on 06 December around 20 people were rescued from floods in Settecà while several landslides and flooding were reported in Belluno Province Around 76 people were evacuated from a retirement home in the province Italy’s news service ANSA quoting civil protection in Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region said the town of Barcis in the Province of Pordenone had recorded over 770 mm of rain – the heaviest for 30 years – since the start of the severe weather Areas further south have also been affected, with thunderstorms and strong wind reported in Calabria and Sicily on 07 December. Both regions were affected by severe floods in November — Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) December 6, 2020 — Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) December 6, 2020 — Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) December 6, 2020 — Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) December 6, 2020 175 soccorsi nelle ultime 24 ore, 160 #vigilidelfuoco al lavoro con mezzi anfibi e sezioni operative per prestare assistenza alla popolazione di Nonantola (MO) colpita dall’esondazione del fiume Panaro #7dicembre 10:30 pic.twitter.com/1KN4DUsm4B — Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) December 7, 2020 Breaking News Italy Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news Iran – Deadly Floods in Southern Provinces DR Congo – Kongo Central Province Floods Leave 18 Dead Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList Families evacuated in Modena after Panaro River bursts its banks; north-eastern US has first winter storm of the season Unsettled weather affected the Italian peninsula last weekend The heaviest rain affected the Trentino and Veneto regions where 200-400mm was recorded over the weekend Dozens of families were evacuated as the Panaro River flooded near Modena Astonishing amounts of snow fell over the Alps above 1,500-2,000m causing the closure of the Brennero train line that connects the Po Valley with Austria the north-eastern US experienced some wintry weather affected many parts of New England over the weekend A low pressure system rapidly deepened as it ran northwards along the coast bringing strong winds New Hampshire and Maine saw the most severe impacts The snow was accompanied by gusts of 60mph Around 250,000 people were affected by power cuts Southern Thailand was hit by flooding last week following six days of heavy rain The late-season monsoon rains caused widespread flooding across many southern provinces As many as 260,000 households were affected and there was extensive damage to agricultural land Winds in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea whipped up 2-3 metre waves we heard a rumor that they want to take out the children […] up to age 12 or 14 to Vinkovci […] and that families had already organized themselves to adopt the children and then Mother got involved and said that I was born in 1928 and begged them to take me These were Shulamit-Sarina Munchik née Brodski's recollections regarding her rescue from the Djakovo (Ðakovo) camp a group of young men from Osijek known as the "Flying Brigade" (Leteća Ekipa) forged her age and took her out of the camp with dozens of other children the Germans and the Italians occupied Yugoslavia As part of their plan to dismantle Yugoslavia the head of the racist Ustasha (Ustaša) movement The state included areas of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina the Pavelić regime brutally murdered some 30,000 Jews hundreds of thousands of Serbs and objectors to the regime their movements were restricted and they were marked with the Yellow Star the Ustasha security authorities issued an order to the Jewish community of Osijek to find a location to confine some 2000 women and children The Osijek Jewish community heard that in the town of Djakovo there was an abandoned flour mill belonging to the church which could house a large number of people The church opposed the idea of turning one of its properties into a concentration camp the Ustasha appropriated the flour mill and on 2 December On 20 December another 700 people were added The vast majority of the inmates were Jewish with another approximately 50 Serbian women who were not Jewish the internal running of the camp was handled by the Jews Two local Croatian policemen were stationed at the gate The Osijek Jewish community established a welfare committee to assist with the camp volunteered to go to Djakovo and to organize the camp The members of the group stayed in a hotel next to the town railway station and went on foot to the site every day in order to make the halls of the flour mill suitable for habitation The Osijek community funded the construction The Vinkovci Jewish community also collected food and clothes for the camp prisoners Due to the efforts of the Osijek Jewish community and the bribes that were paid to the local police the policemen permitted the removal of children from the camp and their safe passage to Jewish families in Osijek and Vinkovci Leo Grunwald and Isidore Ferrera from Vinkovci arrived with a truck to collect the children The removal of 37 children up to age 12 was permitted […] When we arrived at the Djakovo camp there was a female Jewish doctor from the Osijek community who helped us prepare the children for departure to Vinkovci […] Some families that knew me […] approached me and asked me to take their children so that they would be saved The truck was large and covered with tarp so I took advantage of the opportunity without considering the possible repercussions of my actions The 57th child I took was Sarina Brodski The children were distributed amongst the Jewish families in Vinkovci, and Osijek. Some of them were moved later to Split, which was in the area of Croatia under Italian rule. Sarina reached Split, and from there, was taken with a group of children to Villa Emma in Nonantola In February 1942, Serbian women in poor physical health and another 1,200 Jews - women and children - arrived in Djakovo, from the Stara Gradiška camp. They were starving, sick and exhausted, and a typhus epidemic quickly flared up that killed many. 569 women and children who perished in the camp are buried in the cemetery in Djakovo members of the Leteća Ekipa managed to escape through a gap in the wall of a building and fled to Osijek the Jewish communities of Vinkovci and Osijek were annihilated Excepturi eos omnis ex corrupti doloribus veniam error aliquam suscipit sapiente recusandae voluptatem commodi porro ratione maiores assumenda soluta with several members of a delegation from Italy at a reception at Government House in Christiansted in January 2010 James garnered a reputation for spending V.I Wayne James waves from his third story apartment on Strand Street in Frederiksted as he was being evicted in October 2010 Croix senator was arrested on June 29 in Nonantola and is awaiting extradition to the Virgin Islands on charges of fraud and embezzlement of taxpayer money A federal judge late Thursday afternoon unsealed the indictment against former St taxpayer money and committing wire fraud during his single term as a V.I a small town outside the city of Modena in northern Italy James’ court file remained under seal until late Thursday Prosecutors asked the court to unseal the file to facilitate James’ extradition from Italy to the Virgin Islands His attorney in Italy said after the arrest that James denied the allegations against him and was willing to come back to the territory to face the charges It was not clear Thursday night when James would be returned to the Virgin Islands The indictment — which a grand jury handed up on Oct 2015 — sheds some light on the allegations against James The charges include two counts of wire fraud and one count of embezzlement the indictment notes that prosecutors will seek forfeiture as part of the sentence if James is convicted of any of the charges James was a senator in the 28th Legislature which was seated from January 2009 to January 2011 The charges revolve around James’ proposal to use Legislature funds to obtain historical documents from the Danish National Archives related to the Fireburn is considered a pivotal point in Virgin Islands history a scheme and artifice to defraud and to obtain money and property by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses It accuses him of obtaining cash advances from the Legislature ostensibly for payment to the Danish National Archives for his project but then paying only part of the money to the archives and pocketing the rest • Double-billed the Legislature for expenses by obtaining a cash advance for payment to the Danish National Archives for work for which he had received a previous cash advance • Submitted invoices for research and translation work that was never done and received Legislature funds to pay the invoices • Submitted an invoice for translation work that was completed before his election to the Legislature and received Legislature funds to pay it James is accused of executing his scheme to defraud and committing wire fraud when he cashed the checks payable to him from the Legislature on two occasions during October 2010 which caused interstate wire communications from Banco Popular in the Virgin Islands to Banco Popular in Puerto Rico James is accused of obtaining at least $5,000 in V.I government funds based on false representations that the money would be used to fund historical research when James instead appropriated a portion of the money for his own use The indictment does not say exactly how much money James is accused of embezzling which is an element of the particular embezzlement charge James is facing Media in Italy reported at the time of James’ arrest that the international warrant accused him of using $90,000 in public funds for personal use The warrant is not among the court documents that were unsealed on Thursday The criminal investigation and charges against James grew from a scathing joint local-federal Inspector General’s audit of the V.I That audit found a number of “highly questionable practices” regarding the Legislature’s stewardship of public funds that “led to a culture with almost no accountability and transparency.” The probe that began with that audit has spawned multiple criminal investigations and convictions who was arrested along with two of his staff members in 2012 and at least one of the cases against Louis “Lolo” Willis the former executive director of the Legislature Both Williams and Willis now are serving time in federal prison The audit report describes a wide range of troubling scenarios it says auditors found James is the senator to whom the report refers in a section about the Legislature issuing cash advances for purposes unrelated to travel but that section of the report describes a senator who received 12 cash advance checks totaling $93,914 as payment to the Danish National Archives for research reproduction and translation of historic documents “The senator never submitted any receipts or invoices and never provided copies of the documents,” the report says one of the 12 cash advance checks James received in October 2009 was for $27,636 “We found that he cashed the check and deposited $9,050 into his niece’s bank account to transfer to the Danish National Archives,” the report said the balance of $18,586 was placed in an off-island safety deposit box.” 2011 — just more than a week after the 28th Legislature left office — the Senate could not account for the use of the remaining funds and still did not have the historic documents He reported making three trips to Italy from November 2009 to June 2010 ostensibly to work out a sister city relationship between the territory and Montescudaio After a Daily News public records request and several months of prodding James released a letter indicating that he had spent more than $50,000 in public funds for the three trips to Italy and on hosting a delegation from Italy in the territory He provided no supporting documentation for any of the expenses That money was in addition to his publicly funded salary It was also separate and apart from the $50,000 of local taxpayer money that James convinced the 28th Legislature to appropriate to sponsor an amateur soccer team in Italy but the 28th Legislature overrode that veto — Contact Joy Blackburn at 340-714-9145 or jblackburn@dailynews.vi. 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A group of youngsters calling themselves Leteća Ekipa (the "Flying Brigade") volunteered to go to Djakovo and organize the camp The members of the group stayed in a hotel next to the town railway station and went on foot to the site every day in order to make the flourmill suitable for habitation medicines and clothing for those imprisoned there Due to the efforts of the Osijek Jewish community and bribes paid to the local police the policemen permitted the removal of children from the camp and their safe passage to Jewish families in Osijek and Vinkovci Leo Grunwald and Isidore Ferrera from Vinkovci arrived with a truck to collect the children who at the age of 16 was a prisoner in Djakovo (Ðakovo) concentration camp we heard a rumor that they want to evacuate children… up to age 12 or 14 to Vinkovci… and that families had already been organized to adopt them Mother got involved and said that I was born in 1928 and begged them to take me Members of Leteća Ekipa went along with Brodski's plan They forged Sarina's age and took her out of the camp with dozens of other children "The removal of 37 children up to age 12 was permitted… When we arrived at the Djakovo camp there was a female Jewish doctor from the Osijek community who helped us prepare the children for departure to Vinkovci… Some families that knew me… approached me and asked me to take their children so that they would be saved so I took advantage of the opportunity without considering the possible repercussions of my actions The 57th child I took was Sarina Brodski." The children were sent to live with Jewish families in Vinkovci and Osijek which was in the area of Croatia under Italian rule and from there was taken with a group of children to Villa Emma in Nonantola Also included in this rescue operation were Gabriel-Gavro Sternberg and his sister Leah The Sternbergs had arrived in Djakovo from Sarajevo in late December and everyone had to claim a piece of the floor.. they came with a truck and gathered many of the children There were parents who didn't allow their children to leave [the camp] Gabriel and Leah were transferred to Vinkovci where they were separated and placed with local Jewish families where they were reunited with their cousin Leo Herman Gabriel and Leah's mother Josephine (née Zeichner) remained imprisoned in Djakovo Two of Josephine's sisters managed to escape to Split the sisters hired someone to bring the children to Split some 260 km (160 miles) north of their destination In Zagreb, the three managed to find a Jewish retirement home run by Ignac-Eliyahu Weiss while they [Leah and Leo] were five-and-a-half We slept together in the same bed because there wasn't any room.. they [the Ustasha] decided that the elderly also had to be taken." After the retirement home residents were gathered in a local school Ignac Weiss smuggled the children out hid with them in an attic in Zagreb His nephew Shimon met them there and helped take care of them a Muslim woman sent by their aunts arrived in Zagreb local policemen guarding the gate of the Djakovo camp were expelled and replaced with Ustasha guards from the Jasenovac concentration camp They had orders not to allow members of the Osijek community enter the camp The food arriving from the community was confiscated and all the women and children were deported to Jasenovac and murdered upon arrival Leo and Dina Brodski; and Leo Herman's mother the Jewish communities of Vinkovci and Osijek were also liquidated The children from Djakovo were sent to their deaths along with the families who adopted them Gabriel Shenar-Sternberg and Leah Igner-Sternberg survived in Split They all immigrated to Israel after the war Shulamit Sarina Munchik also survived having made her way to Switzerland and then to Israel Siblings Leah Igner and Gabriel Shenar currently live in an assisted living facility in the center of Israel in adjacent apartments During the process of curating this online exhibition I was thrilled to be able to connect Leah and Gabriel with the nephew of Ignac-Eliyahu Weiss They hope to meet as soon as the current corona crisis abates This blog was originally published in the Times of Israel From the Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection: grave markers inscribed with the names of Jewish women and children who were victims of Djakovo camp in Croatia >>> The Yad Vashem website had recently undergone a major upgrade The page you are looking for has apparently been moved We are therefore redirecting you to what we hope will be a useful landing page For any questions/clarifications/problems, please contact: webmaster@yadvashem.org.il Participants at the second assembly of the Italian synodal path Credit: Calvarese/SIRThe assembly was expected to vote on a final document on April 3 but discontent grew among progressive members of the body who argued that the text failed to properly address issues like pastoral care of LGBT persons and was not representative of the four-year synodal process After receiving too many amendment proposals to be considered before the scheduled vote organizers decided instead to postpone consideration until October giving them time to prepare a new document with the proposed amendments convened by the Italian bishops’ conference is composed of more than 1,00o participants — lay The Italian “synodal path” – as the bishops’ conference has called it – began in 2021 amid a global papal push to emphasize consultative “synodality” processes across the Church The final phase of the Italian synod started in May 2024 with the yearly bishops’ conference assembly The organizers drafted a working document — called an Instrumentum laboris — in November and received contributions between January and February from all Italian dioceses and other Catholic institutions But Archbishop Erio Castellucci of Modena-Nonantola main organizer of the Italian synodal path said in a speech to the assembly that problems began after the organizers received the diocesan contributions “In the first days of [March] the presidency of the Synodal Path read all the contributions and some of the members drafted a first summary text read in full and discussed on March 11 in the Permanent Episcopal Council: In that meeting a drastic reduction of the document was requested so that the form of synthetic and targeted propositions could be reached.” The final draft document, published by the website Silere Non Possum on April 2 It emphasized synodality in the mission of the Church the role of the laity in ministry and service of the Church and the importance of the pastoral and theological formation of the clergy But the reduction of the length and number of proposals made the document’s language too vague for some participants Local media reported that the document’s vote was postponed after a sizable number of assembly members threatened to vote against it as they considered it insufficient in its treatment of topics including the pastoral care of people who identify as LGBT One participant told local newspaper La Repubblica that the final document did not address many of the proposals discussed during the four year process saying that the assembly “met for four years and none of this was found in the text” — including the possibility of ordaining women to the diaconate An unnamed bishop told Corriere della Sera that the document was a “poor text, drafted badly, because it was written in a hurry.” According to the same outlet, some participants complained that expressions in the document such as “accompanying people in particular affective situations,” or the “ecclesial and pastoral responsibility of women,” were too vague. Archbishop Castellucci told the assembly Thursday that the number of proposed amendments was so large that the final document had to be fully revised before bringing it to a vote, leading to its postponement. A revised document will be brought to a vote on October 25, during the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies. Castelluci conceded that the text “appeared inadequate, in fact. Therefore… the many amendment proposals put forward by the twenty-eight groups require a global rethinking of the text and not just the adjustment of some of its parts.” He added that the document was “too synthetic” and that “the desire to listen to creativity prevails, going beyond the schemes that we have set ourselves.” Castellucci also said that the document was drafted to an overly tight schedule since organizers originally expected a smaller number of amendment proposals. The president of the Italian bishops’ conference, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, told participants that disagreements within the assembly were also an expression of synodality. "This dynamism is good for us, it is the sign of a living Church… Let's continue to walk, how good it is for us to walk together,” said the cardinal. Zuppi announced that the Italian bishops’ conference next plenary assembly would also be postponed, moving from May to November, to accommodate the change in the voting date on the synodal assembly’s final document. This is the fourth time in its history the Italian bishops’ conference assembly has been postponed. The first time was in 2005, following the death of Pope St. John Paul II, and the two other delays came in 2020 and 2021 amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In a press briefing after the end of the synodal assembly, Zuppi told journalists that “it seemed, considering the issues that have emerged, that more time is needed to reach decisions.” “An appropriate amount of time is needed to mature [the text] and to respond to expectations,” said the cardinal. You’ll only read in-depth reporting like this at ‘The Pillar.’ And we depend on readers like you. Subscribe today: After that, you rad traddies who aren't on board with women and trans men priests can all go worship in the ghetto with the SSPX alternative, until we take that away, too, Bishop Barber style. ReplyShare 6 replies 29 more comments...LatestNo posts The second session of the Italian Synodal Assembly ended Thursday in a stand-off over a draft final document Thursday, leaving organizers to agree to drafting a new document to be voted on in October. convened by the Italian bishops\u2019 conference is composed of more than 1,00o participants \u2014 lay The Italian \u201Csynodal path\u201D \u2013 as the bishops\u2019 conference has called it \u2013 began in 2021 amid a global papal push to emphasize consultative \u201Csynodality\u201D processes across the Church The final phase of the Italian synod started in May 2024 with the yearly bishops\u2019 conference assembly The organizers drafted a working document \u2014 called an Instrumentum laboris \u2014 in November and received contributions between January and February from all Italian dioceses and other Catholic institutions \u201CIn the first days of [March] the presidency of the Synodal Path read all the contributions and some of the members drafted a first summary text so that the form of synthetic and targeted propositions could be reached.\u201D The final draft document, published by the website Silere Non Possum on April 2 But the reduction of the length and number of proposals made the document\u2019s language too vague for some participants Local media reported that the document\u2019s vote was postponed after a sizable number of assembly members threatened to vote against it One participant told local newspaper La Repubblica that the final document did not address many of the proposals discussed during the four year process saying that the assembly \u201Cmet for four years and none of this was found in the text\u201D \u2014 including the possibility of ordaining women to the diaconate An unnamed bishop told Corriere della Sera that the document was a \u201Cpoor text some participants complained that expressions in the document such as \u201Caccompanying people in particular affective situations,\u201D or the \u201Cecclesial and pastoral responsibility of women,\u201D were too vague Archbishop Castellucci told the assembly Thursday that the number of proposed amendments was so large that the final document had to be fully revised before bringing it to a vote A revised document will be brought to a vote on October 25 during the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies Castelluci conceded that the text \u201Cappeared inadequate Therefore\u2026 the many amendment proposals put forward by the twenty-eight groups require a global rethinking of the text and not just the adjustment of some of its parts.\u201D He added that the document was \u201Ctoo synthetic\u201D and that \u201Cthe desire to listen to creativity prevails going beyond the schemes that we have set ourselves.\u201D Castellucci also said that the document was drafted to an overly tight schedule since organizers originally expected a smaller number of amendment proposals The president of the Italian bishops\u2019 conference told participants that disagreements within the assembly were also an expression of synodality it is the sign of a living Church\u2026 Let's continue to walk how good it is for us to walk together,\u201D said the cardinal Zuppi announced that the Italian bishops\u2019 conference next plenary assembly would also be postponed to accommodate the change in the voting date on the synodal assembly\u2019s final document This is the fourth time in its history the Italian bishops\u2019 conference assembly has been postponed and the two other delays came in 2020 and 2021 amid the Covid-19 pandemic In a press briefing after the end of the synodal assembly Zuppi told journalists that \u201Cit seemed that more time is needed to reach decisions.\u201D \u201CAn appropriate amount of time is needed to mature [the text] and to respond to expectations,\u201D said the cardinal You\u2019ll only read in-depth reporting like this at \u2018The Pillar.\u2019 And we depend on readers like you