The Dispatch
Holy Week: A biblical chronology and liturgical guide
“St. Athanasius calls Easter ‘the Great Sunday’ and the Eastern Churches call Holy Week ‘the Great Week.’ The mystery of the Resurrection, in which Christ […]
Bishop Anagbe, in DC testimony, warns of “Islamic agenda to homogenize” Nigerians
Features
Concerns over the safety of Mgr. Wilfred Anagbe, the Bishop of Makurdi in Nigeria, and Fr. Remigius Ihyula are growing after the two men testified about the persecution of Christians in Africa’s most populous nation. [...]
Prayers for Catholic Men aims to help men deepen their relationship with God
Books
What does it mean to be a man? How are Catholic men supposed to navigate the tumultuous world we live in today? And what role does prayer play in that challenging task? The Catholic tradition [...]
Analysis
Surveying Synodality
It’s sometimes said that synodality has never been properly defined, perhaps because modern ecclesiastical texts are not written by Schoolmen. A suitable definition might run, ‘Synodality is a spirit of co-responsibility for the life and [...]
Features
Elon Musk and the Impossible
“It’s not possible.” “Do it anyway.” This is how I would summarize my recent reading of Elon Musk’s biography by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster, 2023). No matter what anyone thinks of this polarizing innovator, [...]
Books
Knowing and rejecting the Ideological Lie: An interview with Daniel J. Mahoney
Daniel J. Mahoney is a professor emeritus at Assumption University, where he taught from 1986 until 2021. He received his B.A. from the College of Holy Cross and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Catholic University [...]
Columns
Subduing the Earth: Dominion or Domination?
In the previous installment of this column, I reflected on the present-day significance of Adam’s vocation to avad (“till” or “cultivate”) and shamar (“keep” or “care for”) the Garden of Eden. At that time, I [...]
Features
“We exist to help young men apprentice themselves to Jesus Christ…”
In recent years, there has been a veritable boom in Catholic trade schools, and more are on the horizon. A pioneer in this area is Harmel Academy, a male residential, post-secondary Catholic trade school, opened in the inauspicious months of the [...]
Books
Solving crimes and saving souls: Fiorella de Maria discusses the Father Gabriel mysteries
Detective stories have been a popular and fascinating genre of fiction for decades, going back to the mid-nineteenth century. From Sherlock Holmes to Father Brown, from Miss Marple to Hercule Poirot, from Nero Wolfe to The Maltese [...]
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In the previous installment of this column, I reflected on the present-day significance of Adam’s vocation to avad (“till” or “cultivate”) and shamar (“keep” or “care for”) the Garden of Eden. At that time, I [...] -
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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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Sean:
The USCCB has no track record for guts or clarity. This is especially so when the issue can be viewed…
John M. Grondelski:
OK, but after all that -- how are you going to reckon time? Because Easter has to be "put" somewhere…
knowall:
If someone is attending Mass why would it matter you're attending a very reverent form?
