The Dispatch
The Ascension: A Source of Lasting Joy
On the Readings for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, May 10, 2018 […]
Finding Flannery: An evening with Wildcat, Ethan Hawke, and questions
Features
The young man in the seat next to me at the Angelika Film Center in New York City turned to his friend a few minutes before Wildcat began. “So, what’s this movie about?” he asked. [...]
Transparently bad faith: Answering “LGBTQ” critics of Dignitas Infinita
Essay
I have been very sad since April 8, 2024, when the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith promulgated Dignitas Infinita, the Declaration on Human Dignity. I have felt the immense grief among LGBTQ people [...]
Columns
Backwards and forwards
Some things change, some don’t, and it can be hard to know what to do about it. Wise sayings point in different directions: “[I] beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to [...]
Books
Distorting Mirrors
As headlines daily remind us, antagonism towards Jews is the most enduring hatred in our world. The Lost Mirror: Jews and Conversos in Medieval Spain examines one segment of this phenomenon at the time that [...]
Analysis
On that Associated Press piece and the future of the Church in America
Tim Sullivan’s recent piece for the Associated Press on the state of the Church in America has made the rounds in Catholic circles, and it feels like a generally accurate snapshot of where things are and [...]
Features
We need some real perspective on AI and evangelization
A few years ago on YouTube, there was a brief and fascinating fad for “tensegrity tables.” Tensegrity is a portmanteau combining “tensional” and “integrity,” and refers to structures whose parts are held together by a [...]
Features
Bishops, borders, and the (bully) pulpit
“Texas Bishop Taking on Greg Abbott Gets Pope Francis’ Protection” is the curious title of an April 30th article in Newsweek. Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso needs “protection” from Greg Abbott? Are there Texas [...]
Books
Why did a priest write a novel about the Mafia, Confession, and Providence?
Art can be a tremendously effective means of communicating theological truths. We have seen this over the centuries and across millennia, and it is no less true today. In recent years, there has been a [...]
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Some things change, some don’t, and it can be hard to know what to do about it. Wise sayings point in different directions: “[I] beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to [...] -
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A week ago, the editors of the National Catholic Register published an editorial titled “It’s Time to Remove Father Rupnik’s Art”. Their strong stance, they said, was “not an expedient surrender to iconoclasm or ‘cancel [...] -
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meiron:
Thank you, Amy for the detailed, delightful rendering, giving meaning where it needs being.
Fr Peter Morello, PhD:
O! Dotter beloved on high, whence hast thou learned so gruff refrain That should fairly ashame would be men.
Peter D. Beaulieu:
Yes, real marriage as "the analogy of Christ and his bride"... So, rather than any kind of parity, "gay marriage"…
