The Dispatch
“Welcome to the Reign of God”, a decade later
Ten years ago, I wrote a CWR editorial titled “Welcome to the Reign of Gay”. In some ways, it seems more like fifty years ago, [...]
There is no going back, just going through
Features
“I just want to go back to before,” says FBI Agent Olivia Dunham to Special Agent-in-Charge Phillip Broyles in the pilot episode of the science fiction series, Fringe (2008-13). Dunham is a good agent who found [...]
The poetic waters run deep in Jane Clark Scharl’s Ponds
Books
In early 2023, Jane Clark Scharl debuted her verse drama Sonnez Les Matines to appreciative audiences in New York City. The ability to sustain a successful drama in verse—and good verse, at that—was a worthy testament [...]
Books
Telling children the story of St. Dominic, with help from man’s best friend
Eleanor Bourg Nicholson is an award-winning novelist, scholar, Victorian literature instructor for Homeschool Connections, a Dominican tertiary, and a homeschooling mother of five. Hound of the Lord: The Story of Saint Dominic, written for children and from [...]
Features
Dignitas Infinita needed some Familiaris Consortio
The expressed intent of the recent declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is to “illuminate different facets of human dignity that might be obscured in many people’s consciousness” (Dignitas Infinita, Presentation). To [...]
Books
Raising kids in a family unfriendly culture
HarperCollins, in contrast to so much of the “curated” publishing industry, is promoting real discussion about real issues facing America and her long-term welfare. In February, it published Brad Wilcox’s Get Married!, a book not [...]
Essay
The theological legacy of Benedict XVI
Editor’s note: Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) was born 97 years ago today, on Holy Saturday, 1927. In recognition of that day, CWR is reposting this essay, originally published on Jan. 2, 2023, by one [...]
Books
Approaching Balthasar
Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-88) is considered by many to be the greatest theologian of the twentieth century. Balthasar is said to have been Saint John Paul II’s favorite theologian, and he was one of [...]
Analysis
Dignitas Infinita: Strengths and Ambiguities
The claim implicit in the title of the DDF’s recently published Declaration, Dignitas Infinita (DI), has generated considerable controversy. The matter of infinite dignity Do human beings have infinite dignity? Certainly, those who through baptism receive a share in the [...]
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Ethnicity, class, and sex are always with us. Members of different societies develop differences in habits, attitudes, and loyalties that grow into cultural and eventually ethnic distinctions. A complex society includes activities whose demands, qualifications, [...] -
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I recently was on the road for a while and went to Mass at a parish (in another state) that I’d never been to before. The small church was quite lovely, the liturgy quite reverent, [...] -
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Terence McManus:
Very noble sounding, etc. Cliche time - for every person who, in a fit of high moral dudgeon refuses to…
Gerald:
Last year the number of abortions in the USA increased and the number of people attending church decreased----we need more…
logboom:
Principles over personalities! I'm voting for Trump!
