The Dispatch
The Holy Cross is an invitation to faith, to life, to love
On the Readings for Saturday, September 14th, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross […]
Saying “We will never forget” while forgetting what can happen again
Essay
“Not that remorse did not oppose temptation; A little she strove, and much repented, And whispering ‘I will ne’er consent’—consented.” — Lord George Gordon Byron, Don Juan This is not a column about remembering September 11, [...]
A Catholic Reading of the Little House on the Prairie Reboot
Essay
I’m convinced the 2026 reboot of Little House on the Prairie on Netflix arrives just at the right teaching moment—a time when American culture is saturated with debates about femininity, domestic life, and the meaning of home. The tradwife [...]
Columns
9/11 Revisited
Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. James V. Schall was published originally in slightly different form at Ignatius Insight on September 8, 2006, to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, [...]
Essay
Unlearned lessons of 9/11, a quarter-century later
Several weeks after Islamist terrorists hijacked four planes, wreaking havoc in lower Manhattan and at the Pentagon in the name of deranged religious convictions, I was at dinner in the papal apartment with John Paul [...]
Features
New report says over 3000 Christians killed in Nigeria in first 8 months of 2026
A sobering new report claims that no fewer than 3,083 Christians were killed and 3,193 abducted in attacks allegedly carried out by jihadist groups in Nigeria between January and August this year. The report, released [...]
Essay
The Mass: Our Intimate Encounter with the Transcendent Lord
All of us, whether religious or not, long for transcendence because the human heart was made for it. By transcendence I mean the awareness of something greater than ourselves; something bigger than us. It’s that [...]
Analysis
Labor Unions, the Church, AI, and Magnifica Humanitas
Humanity has always struggled with authority and trust. Rather than recognizing God as the author of all creation and choosing to avoid evil and do good in freedom, even we believers try to tell God [...]
Features
From the archives: “Mother changed my life”: Friends remember Mother Teresa
Editor’s note: This piece was posted originally on August 29, 2016, leading up to the September 6, 2016, canonization of Mother Teresa. It is reposted here on the tenth anniversary of that event. Pope Francis [...]
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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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