The Dispatch
Strengthen your prayer life with Pocket Guide to Prayer
The book may be little, but its impact is profound. Pocket Guide to Prayer by Catholic husband-and-wife duo Dr. Edward and Beth Sri will transform not only [...]
A Pillar of Salt for Our Age
Analysis
In 1975, Father Richard Ginder, a priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, published Binding with Briars. The book, though revolting at times, sheds more light on the clerical sexual abuse scandal than perhaps any other book [...]
The Cardinal in DC, the Sister in Rome, and the Pope’s new law
Analysis
Two appointments made big news out of the Vatican this week, one to the leadership of the US capital see and the other to the top spot at the Vatican department tasked with overseeing religious [...]
Essay
“Who’s to say?” On Faith, Reason, and Being Subject to Truth
It is a common view that in social situations, one ought to avoid discussions that concern religion and politics. Such an injunction has its roots in fundamental confusions about judgments concerning right and wrong, good [...]
Features
The straight line of split morality from John F. Kennedy to Jimmy Carter
History is often burdened by hoary myths that take on a life of their own, independently of what “really happened,” in order to establish a certain narrative. We’ll likely hear one such myth this April, [...]
Chapp's Schtick
On the obsessive grievances and perpetual rupturing of liberal “reformers”
America Magazine recently ran an article by Mary McAuliffe entitled “Women and LGBTQ Catholics are paying the price for church unity” (Jan. 2, 2024). The essay is completely unremarkable except insofar as it underscores and [...]
Features
As the Augustine Institute grows, it remains focused on its founding mission
In April 2024, Augustine Institute announced its plans to move its operations to a new campus in the Archdiocese of St. Louis. The educational and evangelization apostolate has been based in Denver since its founding [...]
Essay
Taiwan, China, and the Regina Caeli
One way to meet folks and make friends abroad in a strange city: take mass transit, get lost on the subway, look confused, and ask for help. I must confess it didn’t work some years [...]
Features
Saints are Not Angry: Reflections on Martin Scorsese’s The Saints
As a Catholic, I am grateful that a respected Hollywood filmmaker chose to spend his time and talents to produce a television show about, of all subjects, Catholic saints. After all, Martin Scorsese has been [...]
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America Magazine recently ran an article by Mary McAuliffe entitled “Women and LGBTQ Catholics are paying the price for church unity” (Jan. 2, 2024). The essay is completely unremarkable except insofar as it underscores and [...] -
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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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Jimmy Carter did NOTHING to roll back the abortion-on-demand license of Roe to talk only about threats to maternal life.…
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On the other hand, constant "change" can be the deepest rut of all.
