The Dispatch
Opinion: The real void
Much ink has been spilled concerning the Holy Father’s recent motu proprio, Traditiones Custodes. I want to highlight a point that I think should have [...]
A New Reformation
Essay
Editor’s note: The following text is adapted from July 24 remarks at the 2021 national Napa Institute summer conference. Napa’s summer conference gets better every year. It’s an island of encouragement in a world that [...]
The Mass of Vatican II
Essay
Editor’s note: This essay appeared originally in the September/October 2000 issue of Catholic Dossier and is based on a lecture on the liturgy given by Father Fessio in May, 1999. The Constitution on the Sacred [...]
Essay
Secularization, Marxism, and the Enlightenment in Augusto Del Noce
It is common today to hear people talk of secularization. It is particularly frequent in the discourse of people who see it as a problem. However, it is often the case that the term is [...]
Books
The remarkable life, challenging example of Venerable Aloysius Schwartz
Kevin Wells’ career as an award-winning journalist and writer has led him to some varied work, from a focus on Major League Baseball at the Tampa Tribune to priestly biographer. His latest book is Priest [...]
Features
Traditionis custodes and the raw data on the Latin Mass
In Traditionis custodes, his recent apostolic letter on the traditional Latin Mass, Pope Francis repudiates his predecessor’s recognition that the Roman liturgy exists in two forms, the ordinary (the 1970 Mass of Pope St. Paul [...]
Features
An unnecessary and divisive motu proprio
We all woke up on Friday, July 16, to yet another example of Papa Bergoglio’s heavy-handedness with the promulgation of his latest motu proprio, Traditionis Custodes, reversing the legislation of his predecessors, St. John Paul [...]
Analysis
Traditionis custodes: Best, worst, and middle case scenarios in the short term
Defenders of Pope Francis’s decision to abrogate his predecessor’s liberalization of the Traditional Latin Mass have been long on the sad necessity of the move, but vanishingly few of them have touted its prudence. Moderates [...]
Editorial
Enough with the dis-graceful, politicized commentary on Communion
“In journalism,” wrote Venerable Fulton Sheen in 1955’s Thinking Life Through, “the modern man wants controversy, not truth.” I could say that examples abound, but that would assume a broad definition—to the point of non-definition—of [...]
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In my last column, I looked at the history of Hollywood film censorship as a specific example of a Catholic effort to engage the modern world. This month I will take a step back from [...] -
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“In journalism,” wrote Venerable Fulton Sheen in 1955’s Thinking Life Through, “the modern man wants controversy, not truth.” I could say that examples abound, but that would assume a broad definition—to the point of non-definition—of [...] -
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Tim Moore:
For somewhere between 25 and 30 years I attended a parish which celebrated the OF exclusively. In that period of…
Tony W:
I wonder what Dr. Fastiggi would consider beyond the legitimate authority of the Pope: Denying the Resurrection? Repealing the Ten…
Mark:
Looking forward to reading it, thanks!
