The Dispatch
The peace we can make
Repetition, it’s said, can be the mother of learning. So, in light of recent Catholic debates about the pursuit of peace in the Middle East [...]
Magnifica Humanitas: The Human Person Between Glory and Fragility
Columns
There are many newsworthy dimensions to Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. If you’ve followed the Holy Father’s homilies, catecheses, and public addresses, the broad direction of the document is not surprising. Even so, [...]
Magnifica Humanitas: Pope invokes justice to combat ‘anti-human vision’ in AI
Books
Published Monday, the pope’s new encyclical warns of a “culture of power” fueled by the digital revolution and artificial intelligence. […]
Essay
The Virgin Mary’s Message to Nigeria
The persecution of Christians currently taking place in Nigeria was foretold by the Blessed Virgin Mary in a church-approved apparition that many have never heard of. In 1992, the Virgin Mary appeared to a young [...]
Essay
Pentecost and the priesthood
Editor’s note: The following homily was preached on Pentecost Sunday, May 24, 2026, at the Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City. Wind, fire, thunder, and lightning. The Sacred Scriptures are replete with [...]
Essay
Sex and Catholic Social Teaching
As someone who has long labored in the service of the Catholic Church’s teachings on fraught sexual expression topics, I think I understand Pope Leo XIV’s recent remarks on Catholic sexual morality in response to [...]
Analysis
Diocesan Priestly Vocations in the U.S.: A New Look at the Numbers
3,035 diocesan seminarians are preparing for priestly ordination in the Latin-rite dioceses of the United States, an increase of nearly 2% over the previous year, according to data published in the most recent (2025) edition [...]
Analysis
The culture of death loses one—for the moment
Good news not being thick on the ground these days, I’m delighted to note some very good news from the mother country: on April 24, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill failed to [...]
Features
Bp. Louis Tylka: “This is a great moment for the Diocese of Peoria and the Church”
Archbishop Fulton Sheen (1895-1979) will be beatified and receive the title of “Blessed” at a beatification Mass on Thursday, September 24, at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Sheen was among the [...]
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There are many newsworthy dimensions to Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. If you’ve followed the Holy Father’s homilies, catecheses, and public addresses, the broad direction of the document is not surprising. Even so, [...] -
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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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Carl E. Olson:
Not sure why you say this as Pope Leo has spoken often about Mary and various Marian apparitions.
Jeanne:
When I pray my daily Rosary, I always include prayers for the persecuted Christians around the world, but especially, in…
Peter D. Beaulieu:
In “Magnifica Humanitas” Pope Leo XIV cites the fluidity of Francis when he writes: “Today, more than ever, without prejudice…
