The Dispatch
The Vine, the Branches, and “Eternal Security”
On the Readings for Sunday, April 29, 2018, the Fifth Sunday of Easter […]
Whodunnit? The Strange Case of Shakespeare’s Will
Features
William Shakespeare is a mystery. What we know about the facts of his life is outweighed by what we don’t know. His life can be likened metaphorically to a jigsaw puzzle in which most of [...]
Toward a Confessing Church
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Note: Earlier this spring, Ignatius Press published “True Confessions: Voices of Faith from a Life in the Church.” The author delivered these remarks at the University of Dallas on April 19. I’d like these comments to [...]
Editorial
Defending Rupnik’s art is possible, but also scandalous and insulting
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 [...]
Features
There is no going back, just going through
“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 [...]
Books
The poetic waters run deep in Jane Clark Scharl’s Ponds
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 [...]
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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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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:
The link "Rome Call for AI Ethics" brings up the face and quote of one Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of…
Fr Peter Morello, PhD:
We cannot remain attached to the vine electronically. Prior to AI we've Artificial Sexuality, that is electronically produced virtual reality…
March for the Martyrs raises awareness of persecuted Armenian Christians and more – Via Nova:
[…] Gia Chacón (right), founder of March for the Martyrs, said the plight of the tens of thousands of Christian…
