The Dispatch
The Magnifica Humanitas case for an under-16 social media ban
On June 15, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced a social media ban for children under 16 in Britain. Beginning in early 2027, Snapchat, [...]
Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part One
Chapp's Schtick
Editor’s note: This is Part One of a two-part essay on the teachings of the Second Vatican Council on religious freedom. ———— One of the constant criticisms from traditionalist Catholics of Vatican II’s document on [...]
The Lasting Brilliance of the Second Spring: A Review of Converts
Books
“The English Church was, and the English Church was not, and the English Church is once again. This is the portent, worthy of a cry. It is the coming in of a Second Spring,” preached [...]
Analysis
What the Vatican’s recent decision on the homily teaches about the Church
The recent decision of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), in conjunction with the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, rejected the request of the German Bishops’ Conference [...]
Essay
Theology of the body and the reality of our mortality
My teen son noticed I was a bit quieter than usual as we sat, waiting for Mass to begin. Nothing was wrong, just a bit of fatigue and distraction. But he is the son most [...]
Books
The Declaration of Independence at 250: An interview with Bradley J. Birzer
Bradley J. Birzer, professor of history at Hillsdale College since 1999, is a prolific author and a good friend. He has written books on Russell Kirk, J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Dawson, Charles Carroll, and drumming legend [...]
Essay
If We Can Keep It
On September 17, 1787, as the delegates to the Constitutional Convention filed out of the Pennsylvania State House, having just finished the most consequential document most of them would ever sign, a Philadelphia woman named [...]
Features
Vatican confirms excommunication of SSPX bishops, declares schism
Because the traditionalist group consecrated bishops without papal approval, the Vatican issued a decree on July 2 declaring those bishops and their consecrators automatically excommunicated. […]
Essay
What links disintegration? On Rousseau, gnosticism, and Saint Michael
The truth will not only “make us free” but it is itself free. We all come in fact to know the same truth, otherwise we could not communicate at all with one another. This is why the [...]
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Editor’s note: This is Part One of a two-part essay on the teachings of the Second Vatican Council on religious freedom. ———— One of the constant criticisms from traditionalist Catholics of Vatican II’s document on [...] -
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“Indeed it is through chastity that we are gathered together and led back to the unity from which we were fragmented into multiplicity.” — Saint Augustine, Confessions (quoted in CCC 2340) “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by [...] -
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Dr.Cajetan Coelho:
Hearty congratulations to Bishop Gary Studniewski, Bishop Robert Boxie III, and Bishop Evelio Menjívar-Ayala. Wishing the shepherds and their flocks…
Fr Peter Morello, PhD:
A question to be reckoned with emits from paragraph 3, immediately prior to paragraph 4: “leaves untouched traditional Catholic doctrine…
Peter D. Beaulieu:
We read: "For the Catholic Church, concern over declining birth rates has long been connected to its teaching on marriage,…
