The Dispatch
Saint Teresa of Jesus and the Search for the Sacred
Editor’s note: The following essay was originally given in slightly different form as an address on November 23, 2015, at the presentation of Fr. Uwe [...]
Synod’s second week opens with continued focus on married priests, ecology, inculturation
Special Report
October 14, Rome—The second week of the Pan-Amazonian Synod opened with continued stress on now familiar themes: ordination of married men (viri probati, men of proven virtue), defense of the regional ecology, and inculturation of [...]
St. Newman’s Idea of a Catholic University: An Alma Mater, not a foundry, mint, or treadmill
Essay
Editor’s note: The following paper was delivered at The Angelicum, Rome, on October 12, 2019 to celebrate the canonization of John Henry Newman. John Henry Newman famously described a Catholic University as ‘an Alma Mater, [...]
Essay
Newman the Saint
To speak of the saint in John Henry Newman is to speak of a man who gave his entire adult life not only to embodying heroic virtue himself but guiding others to embody it as [...]
General
“We all want a sanctuary”: Finding a theology of home in daily life
A Harvard study released last spring found that in recent years, Americans have spent record-setting amounts on home-improvement projects—nearly $425 billion in 2017, up 50 percent from 2010. TV shows dedicated to DIY home projects [...]
Analysis
Clarion Call: Islamic influence on America’s universities
In a recent, insightful First Things piece, Peter Hitchens reiterates the not so well known fact that Hitler was, in many respects, a progressive. And like progressives everywhere, Hitler saw young people as the vanguard [...]
Features
A conversation with Bishop Ricken about the Apparition of Our Lady of Good Help
As was detailed in Part I of this report, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to a 28-year-old Belgian immigrant woman named Adele Brise on October 8 and 9, 1859 in Champion, Wisconsin. The Mother of [...]
Features
When the Mother of God came to America
On October 8, 1871, a terribly tragic and almost entirely forgotten episode in American history took place. Strong winds came to northeastern Wisconsin and fanned the flames of small fires begun by farmers attempting to [...]
Features
Catholicism and modernity, reconsidered and “renarrativized”
George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of Washington’s Ethics and Public Policy Center, where he holds the William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies. He writes a weekly syndicated column and is the author of [...]
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Last month I commented on Catholicism and nationality. My basic point was that the existence of particular peoples is a natural and beneficial part of human life that should be respected. That point is often [...] -
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Update (Sept. 11, 2019): A full CNA transcript of the in-flight papal press conference from Madagascar is now available. Almost six years ago, in October 2013, I wrote my first piece critical of Pope Francis—a [...] -
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Robert:
When Jesus celebrated the last super, we are told to do this in memory of me, there was no mention…
Bill:
Lord save us from our Judases. We have so many.
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