The Dispatch
Opinion: Voting as if God and the common good matter
When the citizens of thirty-nine states line up for the final day of voting on November 3, 2026, they will find questions as well as [...]
On Christ the King and the idolatry of politics
Essay
Editor’s note: This homily was preached on the feast of Christ the King (Extraordinary Form), October 25, 2026, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. In the calendar of the Usus Antiquior, [...]
Amoris Laetitia in 2026 and the deeper crisis of faith today
Chapp's Schtick
The anticipated meeting in Rome to revisit and possibly reassess Amoris Laetitia is now over. And whatever Pope Leo wishes to do with its deliberations will now be on hold as he recovers from surgery, [...]
Essay
On the private life and public testimony of Elisabeth Elliot
I first encountered Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) through her husband. I was a new student at a college in South Carolina when a friend pressed a copy of Shadow of the Almighty (1958) into my hands [...]
Features
From the Archives: Realism and Islam
Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. Schall was posted first at CWR on April 17, 2016. I. Political realism, long associated with Augustine, constrains us to consider what Machiavelli later recommended to us—namely, [...]
Columns
How to turn the corner? Reflections on the way forward
Technology operates by defining goals clearly, breaking situations down into their simplest components, and finding the most effective and reliable way to deal with each piece of the puzzle. That approach is effective with simple [...]
Essay
Prof. Jérôme Lejeune on Human Ethics and the Unborn Child
On May 7, 1974, less than 500 days after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the disastrous Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, a world-renowned geneticist testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s [...]
Essay
Eight Rules of Life from Saint Teresa of Ávila
She would have laughed if she had been told that she would someday be named a Doctor of the Church. Teresa de Ahumada y Cepeda (1515-1582), better known as Saint Teresa of Ávila, received the [...]
Books
Michael O’Brien discusses Adeodatus, apocalypse, and the spiritual battle
Michael D. O’Brien is a remarkably prolific author, iconographer, and painter, endlessly creating staggering works of art that break the reader’s heart (in the best way). O’Brien is the author of many tremendous novels, including [...]
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“The Apostle Paul, an outstanding and almost inimitable yet stimulating figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to his Church, as well as of great openness to humanity [...] -
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Amanda:
Meanwhile in Assisi...
Carl E. Olson:
Dr. Chapp did not pen the headline. Is it misleading? No. Could it have been better? Probably.
