The Dispatch
Benedict the Outlier?
Was Pope Benedict XVI an “outlier”? That is the view of Mike Lewis on the liturgical views of Pope Benedict XVI. Writing at “Where Peter [...]
Making sense of the surreal storm of the support for Lindsay Clancy
Essay
Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother charged with murdering her three young children, had become a rallying point for thousands of women who believed she was the true victim. During her trial, more than 300 women [...]
In defense of moral agency and the necessary pursuit of holiness
Chapp's Schtick
The biblical narrative of redemption is rendered pointless and ultimately incomprehensible in a culture that has been bleached of a real sense of the importance of moral agency—the ability to choose freely right and wrong, [...]
Features
The Church cannot declare war on Latin Mass devotees, Cardinal Robert Sarah says
The cardinal praised Pope Benedict’s 2007 decision to allow the faithful greater access to the Latin Mass but called Pope Francis’ 2021 decision to restrict it neither “sensible” nor “respectful.” […]
Columns
Putting Down Roots: Care for Creation Begins Close to Home
I know better than to declare victory before the summer is over, but this has been the first year in quite a while that our pumpkin, watermelon, and cantaloupe vines have all made it through [...]
Essay
No Reconciliation without Contrition and Confession
It was highly amusing for me to read the comments to my “Winnowing Weasel Words” piece, recently published by CWR. First, I was described as an American, and then, when the editor pointed out that [...]
Books
T.S. Eliot’s Complete Simplicity
In her admirably updated and revised critical biography, T.S. Eliot: An Imperfect Life, Lyndall Gordon plunders the various works of her subject to show how suffused they are with the travails of the life, especially the [...]
Essay
Why Catholics should reject the month and myth of “trangendered Saints”
It’s worth noting that there were fewer Pride flags and celebrations this June than in years past. But Catholics never needed the secular calendar’s permission to know that June actually belongs to the Sacred Heart [...]
Features
Pursuing peace, addressing extremism in Nigeria: An interview with Fr. Atta Barkindo
Fr. Atta Barkindo, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Kukah Centre, has been appointed to a high-level expert team tasked by Nigeria’s Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) with developing a comprehensive National Peace Framework. [...]
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What’s Behind the US Troop Withdrawal From Nigeria? - The College Voter:
[…] who had previously dismissed reports of religious persecution, said in early August that the ongoing violence against Christian communities…
