The Dispatch
Salt, Cities, and Disciples
Readings: • Is 58:7-10 • Ps 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 • 1 Cor 2:1-5 • Mt. 5:13-16 It is small, simple, and composed mostly of something [...]
On Billie Eilish, stolen property, and performative moral theater
Essay
If you’re anything like me, you didn’t know the name Billie Eilish until you heard the news of her declaration on the Grammy stage: “No one is illegal on stolen land.” After her remark, the [...]
New Catholic dating app marries matchmaking tradition with digital era
Features
Emily Wilson Hussem is an internationally recognized Catholic speaker, best-selling author of seven books, and YouTuber who shares her faith both online and at events around the globe. After pioneering social media matchmaking posts and seeing [...]
Books
“We think as well as we read, and we read as well as we kneel!”
Joseph Pearce is the author of numerous books, including biographies of G.K. Chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien, Oscar Wilde, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, William Shakespeare, and more, and is the editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions series. He has written books about literature, including Literature: What [...]
Essay
An Open Letter to Couples Living with Infertility
When some of my ethics clients describe their frustration in dealing with infertility, they often borrow a phrase from childhood: “I feel like I’m about to cry uncle.” The right way to translate that admission? [...]
Columns
Making sense of Donald Trump
We live in unusual times, and Donald Trump is, to put it mildly, an unusual politician. We need to understand him to deal with him, and with that in mind, I will present my own [...]
Books
A “spiritual entertainment” inspired by faith, international intrigue, and Cardinal Zen
Crafting an interesting story is more difficult than simply pulling something from today’s headlines. However, in the hands of a gifted storyteller, current events can be an inspiration for profoundly interesting and edifying stories. David [...]
Columns
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and the road to recovery
Guillermo del Toro was born to make a Frankenstein movie. Growing up in Guadalajara, Mexico, he divided his time between the Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima and local cinemas, where he was exposed early on [...]
Essay
The truth about Venerable Mary Ward, proto-religious sister and future Saint
Few American Catholics have ever heard of Mary Ward. The more recent books and articles about her tend to portray her as a proto-feminist, a seventeenth-century Catholic woman who spent her life fighting for the [...]
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Just a week after Archbishop Coakley, the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), met with President Trump, Vice President Vance, Secretary Rubio, and Secretary Noem, three U.S. cardinals ignored Archbishop Coakley’s [...] -
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Elias Galy:
Kalb's essay is directed at the idea of the Trump Admin. reaching for "good and stable society". It's a well-positioned…
morganD:
Fini. MrsC. Preoccupation with Trump? His politics and immorality cannot be compartmentalized. The Catholic hierarchy has challenged his mindless mass…
Fr Peter Morello, PhD:
A great steal from the otherside. Our Church needs fresh blood.
