The Dispatch
The People of God: Chosen, Saved, Shepherded
Readings: • Ex 19:2-6a • Psa 100:1-2, 3, 5 • Rom 5:6-11 • Mt 9:36-10:8 One description of the Church that is emphasized in the [...]
Fr. Rossetti, Cardinal McElroy, and the case of unidentified ecclesiastical motives
Essay
In a video released May 29, now-former exorcist of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C., Msgr. Stephen Rossetti (a priest of Syracuse, New York) described his opinion on the phenomenon of UFOs and their possible connection [...]
U.S. bishops consecrate nation to Sacred Heart of Jesus
Features
The bishops entrusted the nation to the love and care of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to accompany the country’s 250th anniversary. […]
Essay
The strength of Jimmy Lai and the weakness of Emperor Xi
At his May summit in Beijing, President Trump made an effort to convince Chinese leader Xi Jinping to release Jimmy Lai from his imprisonment in Hong Kong. Jimmy, whom I am honored to call a [...]
Essay
Celebrating* 250 Years of American Mythology?
As the Fourth of July approaches, we Americans are collectively claiming to be celebrating 250 years of American independence. This is a myth. More accurately, we are commemorating the 250th anniversary of a declaration of, [...]
Analysis
The dangerous error buried in the “Study Group #9” Synod Report
In their recent CWR article, titled “The Scandalous Synod Report: a Betrayal of Trust,” Theresa Farnan and Mary Hasson did us all a great service in shedding a spotlight on the dangerous thrust of the [...]
Features
Is a Schism in the Air? An interview with Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller
Vatican (kath.net) The decisions of the Second Vatican Council were not accepted by all Catholics. Some contented themselves with critical statements, but Bishop Marcel Lefebvre, who served, among other things, as Archbishop of Dakar, rejected [...]
Features
How the Feast of Corpus Christi developed
O most noble memorial; to be commemorated in the innermost heart, firmly bound in the soul, diligently kept in the depth of the heart, and recalled by earnest meditation and celebration. – Pope Urban IV, [...]
Features
“We have lived a lie for 65 years”: Bishop Bushu on Cameroon’s deep divisions
As the bishops of Cameroon renew calls for peace during their 51st Plenary Assembly, a retired bishop from the country’s conflict-afflicted Southwest Region has issued a stinging critique aimed at the way the country’s English-speaking [...]
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Pope Leo recently said, in response to a question about the effect of Cardinal Marx’s promotion of blessings for same-sex couples on church unity, The unity or division of the Church should not revolve around [...] -
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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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Fr Peter Morello, PhD:
Olson's cite All men are called to belong to the new people of God raises an anomaly in Christ's dictum…
Mr Cracked Nut:
“May God console you! ... What saddens you ... is the fact that others have occupied the Churches by violence,…
Amanda:
UFO sightings are not exactly an everyday event for most people. I doubt many people are going to alter their…
