The Dispatch
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, [...]
How to turn the corner? Reflections on the way forward
Columns
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 [...]
Prof. Jérôme Lejeune on Human Ethics and the Unborn Child
Essay
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 [...]
Analysis
Speaking to Greeks in Athens, and to a few others
This past Wednesday, Secretary Rubio gave a widely viewed speech atop the Acropolis in Athens, largely focusing on the ancient Greeks’ contributions to Western civilization, then applying their lessons to the current geopolitical scene. Pundits, [...]
Columns
Why Creation Matters: The Trinitarian Case for Environmental Stewardship
I was delighted to recently learn that Pope Leo had just authorized the publication of a substantial new study by the International Theological Commission (ITC) on a subject close to my own heart: Caring for [...]
Features
“Celebrating the sacraments brings me the greatest joy…”
Bishop Michael J. Sis has served as Bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo, Texas, since 2014. He grew up in Bryan, Texas. He was the fourth of five children; his father, Raymond Sis, was [...]
Essay
What kind of pontiff was Pope Pius XII?
The world seems to be divided into two camps over Pope Pius XII. Was he an uncaring anti-Semite, an indecisive coward, and a leader so detached from the reality of World War II that he [...]
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James:
This report is as vacuous as it gets. We are running on empty -- empty episcopate, empty rectories, empty monasteries,…
meiron:
It has been my experience, within the past few weeks, to have lost comments or to have them appear some…
mrscracker:
I don't share my neighbors' conviction that the moonwalk was staged in Hollywood but neither do I believe blood libel…
