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Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life is filled with deep and challenging treasures

Based on real events, A Hidden Life is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter (August Dieh), who refused to fight for the Nazis [...]
The Dispatch

In gratitude for the work and witness of good, faithful communities of Sisters

Several months ago, I received a call from Sister Clare Stephen inviting me to the December 5 Silver Jubilee Concert on Staten Island to benefit [...]
Columns

Thomism and Political Liberalism, Part 3

This is the third and last part of my discussion of Thomism and political liberalism. From the first two essays (see here and here) I [...]
The Dispatch

The Immaculate Conception and the seamless garment of doctrine

Many Catholics misunderstand the meaning of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is also the patronal feast of our [...]
Features

Sheen beatification delay an act of “sabotage,” Peoria official writes

Peoria, Ill., Dec 7, 2019 / 09:30 pm (CNA).- After the Diocese of Rochester last week confirmed it had requested that the beatification of Venerable [...]

Thomism and Political Liberalism, Part 3

Columns

Joseph G. Trabbic December 8, 2019 10

This is the third and last part of my discussion of Thomism and political liberalism. From the first two essays (see here and here) I think that we can conclude that one important thing that [...]

Sheen beatification delay an act of “sabotage,” Peoria official writes

Features

Catholic News Agency December 7, 2019 18

Peoria, Ill., Dec 7, 2019 / 09:30 pm (CNA).- After the Diocese of Rochester last week confirmed it had requested that the beatification of Venerable Fulton Sheen be delayed, a longtime Peoria diocese official is [...]

Essay

The Immaculate Conception Revisited

Dr. Leroy Huizenga December 6, 2019 23

Last December, I wrote an article for Catholic World Report on the Immaculate Conception: “Why I came to believe that Mary was conceived without sin.” I argued that it was (1) a matter of typology, [...]

Features

You Better Watch Out—St. Nicholas is Coming to Town

Christopher B. Warner December 6, 2019 0

Everyone loves jolly ol’ Saint Nicholas. There is something romantic and cozy about telling Santa stories around the crackling fire. He is an icon of the Christmas season. But not everyone agrees about the real [...]

Features

The ancient roots of deification in the Latin tradition

Carl E. Olson, Dr. Jared Ortiz December 4, 2019 14

Dr. Jared Ortiz is Associate Professor of Religion at Hope College, author of You Made Us for Yourself: Creation in St Augustine’s Confessions (Fortress Press, 2016), founder and executive director of the Saint Benedict Institute, [...]

Essay

What the street tells me: Reflections in front of an abortion clinic

Richard McGuire December 2, 2019 14

We are winning. This may seem an odd statement, particularly in light of the recent elections in my state of Virginia in which pro-abortion Democrats swept the boards. My counterintuitive judgment comes from street experience [...]

Essay

Advent and the Four Last Things

Peter M.J. Stravinskas December 1, 2019 4

Editor’s note: The following homily was preached by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., First Sunday of Advent (December 1, 2019), at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan. Today we begin a [...]

Essay

“All time belongs to him”: On Advent and the liturgical year

Fr. Charles Fox November 29, 2019 3

“For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened [...]