The Dispatch
On the good news given us by St. Matthew
Today, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Matthew, author of the first Gospel. In the New Testament, he has two names, Levi and Matthew. [...]
The Scandalous Case of Cardinal Cupich and Senator Durbin
Features
Last week, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced that it will be honoring Senator Durbin with a lifetime achievement award. Senator Durbin is a long-time Democratic United States Senator from Illinois who served in leadership for [...]
The challenge of being Catholic in the world’s largest Muslim country
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Indonesia stays somewhat under the international radar, considering it has the world’s fourth-largest population and the largest of any Muslim-majority nation. About 87% of its people adhere to Islam (over 240 million), but one-tenth of [...]
Essay
Contemplative Prayer and Hope for America
In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, how do we answer the violence that grips America’s public square? This latest social horror is part of a disturbing pattern of other assassinations, massacres, and [...]
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Will Charlie Kirk’s death help galvanize the pro-life movement?
I looked up from my work to see a text from one of my son’s schoolmates: “Hi Mrs. Seeley, a couple of us have decided to go to the clinic and pray today just because [...]
Analysis
Western Civilization under Attack: Part Two
Western civilization, Islam, and secular elites formed the triangle that I began to develop in the first installment of this alarum. My thesis is that this precious thing, Western civilization, to which we all owe [...]
Essay
The miraculous crucifix of San Marcello and hope in the face of death
The paradox at the heart of Christianity is the Cross. Through Christ’s sacrifice, this instrument of death has become the source of lasting life. Christ hung upon the Cross not just as a “living victim” [...]
Analysis
Conversions and Receptions into the Church: A Look at the Numbers
In 1937, Fr. Edward Betowski, a professor at St. Joseph’s Seminary in New York, published Spurs to Conversion, a compilation of weekly reflections encouraging priests to cultivate a missionary spirit in themselves and in their parishioners. Lamenting [...]
Features
Conservative Bishops, Liberal Results
Editor’s note: This article is the first in a new feature category titled “From the Archives,” which will, as the name indicates, be pieces from CWR’s extensive archives. It seems fitting that this first essay, [...]
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Way back in olden times, when I was still a professor of theology, one of the most ubiquitous attitudes amongst the students was that it does not matter which religion one practiced since “all religions [...] -
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There are no first, second or third-class Catholics, no.… Please, let us get used to listening to each other, to talking, not cutting our heads off for a word. To listen, to discuss in a [...] -
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Monica:
I’m from Omaha, Cupich’s hometown. It’s known by many that he was ambitious about his “career” as a priest, eager…
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