The Dispatch
The miracle of the loaves and fishes is a microcosm of salvation history
Readings: • Isa 55:1-3 • Psa 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18 • Rom 8:35, 37-39 • Matt 14:13-21 The story of the miracle of the feeding of [...]
Jesus autem tacebat: Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Three
Chapp's Schtick
“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 [...]
Sold on a promise: How a Catholic network is rescuing Africa’s trafficked youth
Features
“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 [...]
Features
On Twenty Years of Twitter—er, X
Twenty years ago, a small social media platform called Twitter was launched into public life. Few imagined that a service built around brief updates would become one of the principal architects of modern consciousness through [...]
Essay
An Educational Perfect Storm
The 1991 “perfect storm,” made famous by the movie of that name starring George Clooney, resulted from a rare collision of three distinct weather systems that converged to create an exceptionally massive and destructive storm. [...]
Essay
On the Faith of Saint Anne
1Editor’s note: This homily was preached on the Seventeenth Sunday, July 26, 2026, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. Last Sunday, we considered the centrality of grace in the Christian life and [...]
Books
Exploring Landscapes of Grace: On the Virtues of Wandering Around Outside
I thought of Jeff Gardner’s Landscapes of Grace during a recent mellow evening ramble with my teenage son. I thought of it again last weekend as I slogged uphill on a hot day, with the [...]
Analysis
Listening Without Hearing: A Critique of Synodal Study Group 9 on Homosexuality
Editor’s note: The following essay was penned by a participant in the Catholic apostolate of Courage. Author’s note: I did not read the official response by Courage International before writing this essay, and thus arrived at [...]
Essay
A Transformative Eucharistic Spirituality
Faced with the urgency of “safeguarding the dignity of the human person in the time of artificial intelligence,” Pope Leo addresses his encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, not only “to all the Catholic faithful,” but also “to all Christians [...]
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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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“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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Knowall:
I wish there had been a placebo to thwart the fear mongering effect in the states run by lefties! Couples…
DiogenesRedux:
And then there's this to remember about our Catholic Church's involvement with secular figures: https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/archbishop-vigano-vatican-gave-moral-authority-to-faucis-crimes-against-humanity/?utm_source=daily-2026-07-31
Lee:
As I see it, Fauci needs the Catholic Church NOW more than ever, after what he has done to people…
