The Dispatch
The works of the Father: How Jesus teaches us to live
God has appointed us to bear fruit. In the spiritual life, it can be hard to judge whether we are blossoming or wilting, so often trapped [...]
The Last Supper is too safe and sentimental to be significant
Features
When Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ came out in 2004, the Catholic and Christian reaction blew the doors off theaters. Love it or hate it, the impact that remarkable (though rough) film has had on [...]
Thoughtful home, better world
Books
We all know—we all know—that family and home life are the most important shapers of human character, and thus the most important shapers of society. “Train up a child in the way he should go; [...]
Essay
Europe and the Betrayal of the Faith
[T]here remains the historical truth: that this our European structure, built upon the noble foundations of classical antiquity, was formed through, exists by, is consonant to, and will stand only in the mold of, the [...]
Books
New book addresses indifferentism, false inter-religious dialogue
Jesus Christ made statements about himself that if not true would make him the greatest egomaniac who ever walked the earth—statements such as “I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes [...]
Essay
Saint John of God and a Christian perspective on the care of the sick
The modern debate over health care is certainly a debate worth having. But sometimes it’s helpful to step back from modern proposals about the care of the sick—typically involving legislation, bureaucracy, and costs—to think about [...]
Features
Amid escalating deaths and displacement, bishops urge swift action in Congo
Catholic bishops in Central Africa have called on regional leaders to take swift action in the implementation of the peace resolutions to end the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Death [...]
Essay
“One step enough for me”: Lent is upon us!
The following homily was preached at the Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Lent is upon us. And the first step in having a successful, productive Lent is [...]
Features
When the Church condemned books: A short history of the Index
The final edition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (1940) is a drab little volume smaller than the average paperback. Bound in soft gray cardboard, its 510 flimsy pages—plus front matter and appendices—record the Church’s last [...]
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Vice President JD Vance’s recent comment that we should love and assist those close to us before those who are more distant provoked an outburst of argument that eventually involved even the Pope. The comment [...] -
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The 2024 elections are now two weeks in the rear-view mirror, but the conversations (to use a polite word) over the what, why, and how of November 5, 2024, continue. While there is no shortage [...] -
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DiogenesRedux:
Again with the "vial"?
morganD:
UPK schools have a special charter. They teach our most tender and impressionable of humans, our earliest baby learners. Not…
Bob Hedges:
I don't look for "significance" in a movie regarding the Passion of the Christ, and safe and sentimental are just…
