The Dispatch
Rebuke, revelation, and redemption: Saint Peter falters on the stormy waters
Readings: • 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a • Ps 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14 • Rom. 9:1-5 • Mt 14:22-23 A few years ago, I led a [...]
“I think we’re poised for an amazing time in the Church.” An interview with Bp. Gerard W. Battersby
Features
Bishop Gerard W. Battersby, 66, has served as bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, since 2024. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He and his brother, Chris, are twins and were the youngest [...]
Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality
Editorial
“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 [...]
Books
Not just another book about abortion: An Interview with Stephen Bujno
Stephen Bujno holds a PhD in philosophy and an MA in philosophical anthropology, the field that grounds his new book’s central argument. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor of philosophy at Villanova University, where he [...]
Features
The Odyssey is proof that old things still matter—maybe more than ever
Unless you’ve been living in a cave blocked by a rock (and if so, maybe get out of there), you’ve heard about, and likely have already seen, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. The adaptation of Homer’s three-thousand-year-old [...]
Features
31 Christians killed in Nigeria, including eleven children and a Catholic priest
CWR-Yaounde: A devastating wave of violence has once again shattered communities across Nigeria’s Middle Belt, claiming the lives of at least 31 Christians in separate, brutal attacks. In the latest large-scale massacre, 30 Christians, including [...]
Essay
To Live & AI in L.A.
Southern California. I recently returned for my first visit there in nearly twenty years. Why do I love the West Coast? Let me count the ways. Sweeping vistas, energized pop culture, and the sense of [...]
Chapp's Schtick
Jesus autem tacebat: Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Three
“But Jesus remained silent”— Matthew 26:63 Pope Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas (1925), affirmed the doctrine of the social kingship of Christ. He thereby kicked back against the tide of the modern political [...]
Features
Sold on a promise: How a Catholic network is rescuing Africa’s trafficked youth
“I held my mother and siblings in a warm, tearful embrace of hope,” Pauline (not her real name) recalls. She pauses, offering a wan and ashy smile as the memory of November 23, 2016, washes [...]
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“But Jesus remained silent”— Matthew 26:63 Pope Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas (1925), affirmed the doctrine of the social kingship of Christ. He thereby kicked back against the tide of the modern political [...] -
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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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Elias Galy:
Bad things in and around mission that tempt to quench our spirits, synodalizationism would affirm us being quenched and normalize…
Susanne:
Oh sweet summer child, that one was overturned by the 19th amendment not a presidential tantrum.
Gerard:
This “author” was thoroughly discredited after his 2015 tome trashing the Clintons with lies and fabricated “facts”. The claim that…
