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“She had a heart for souls”: The life and cause of Servant of God Maria Esperanza de Bianchini

Servant of God Maria Esperanza de Bianchini (1928-2004), a mystic and visionary from Barrancas, Venezuela, claimed her first mystical experience at the age of five, [...]
The Dispatch

Wokeness kills comedy, and Aziz Ansari can’t save it

Last year, Aziz Ansari was caught up in #metoo when a young woman published a story on a now-shuttered website about a bad date with [...]
The Dispatch

Mary, Martha, and “the better part”

Readings: • Gen 18:1-10a • Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 5 • Col 1:24-28 • Lk 10:38-42 Americans are, generally speaking, a pragmatic and practical people. We [...]
Columns

Civil war, civil peace, and liberalism: On the Ahmari-French debate

Does liberalism, the view that makes equal freedom the highest political standard, mean tolerance for Christianity? Or does it ultimately mean suppression of Christianity in [...]
The Dispatch

Spider-Man vs. Fake News

MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating: A-III Reel Rating: 2 reels out of 5 (Disclaimer: Spoilers ahead.) It is debatable whether or not Spider-Man: Homecoming is [...]

“She had a heart for souls”: The life and cause of Servant of God Maria Esperanza de Bianchini

Features

Jim Graves July 21, 2019 0

Servant of God Maria Esperanza de Bianchini (1928-2004), a mystic and visionary from Barrancas, Venezuela, claimed her first mystical experience at the age of five, saying she had a vision of St. Therese of Lisieux [...]

From Evangelicalism to Feminism to Catholicism: A conversation with Abigail Favale

Features

Carl E. Olson July 18, 2019 8

Dr. Abigail Rine Favale graduated from George Fox University with a philosophy degree in 2005, and then earned her doctorate at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. She currently heads the William Penn Honors [...]

Essay

Full text of Cardinal Mueller’s analysis on the working document of the Amazon synod

Catholic News Agency July 16, 2019 11

Vatican City, Jul 16, 2019 / 09:19 am (CNA).- Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, who was prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2012 and 2017, presented an analysis with a series of [...]

Interview

The practical “do’s” and “don’ts” of vocation discernment

Paul Senz July 15, 2019 2

Jesus Christ calls all of us to be his disciples. But how are we each called to live out that discipleship? What will discipleship look like for each of us? How can we surrender ourselves [...]

Essay

Reflections on authority in liturgy today

Dom Alcuin Reid July 14, 2019 44

Editor’s note: This essay was presented in a slightly different form as a plenary address to the Colloquium of the Church Music Association of America in Philadelphia on July 3, 2019. Introduction In some Anglican [...]

Features

“Without Logos, the West is over.” A conversation with Dr. Samuel Gregg

Carl E. Olson July 13, 2019 27

Samuel Gregg, Research Director at the Acton Institute, is the author of numerous essays and 15 books. He has written works on political economy, economic history, the papacy, ethics in finance, and natural law theory; [...]

Books

Heaven, Hell, C.S. Lewis, and Hans Urs von Balthasar

CWR Staff July 11, 2019 30

This partial transcript is from the FORMED Book Club discussion of Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know by Michael Barber, July 8, 2019. Participants were Father Joseph Fessio, S.J., founder and editor of Ignatius Press; [...]

Essay

Clericalism and the disappearance of popular devotions

Amy Welborn July 10, 2019 12

Steadily they walked, well-dressed, serious, each carrying a staff or a lit candle about a meter long, even the children. Over the two hours or so that we watched, there were hundreds of them—men and [...]

Civil war, civil peace, and liberalism: On the Ahmari-French debate

James Kalb July 19, 2019 9

Does liberalism, the view that makes equal freedom the highest political standard, mean tolerance for Christianity? Or does it ultimately mean suppression of Christianity in the name of the freedom and equality of non-Christians? The [...]
Why St. Thomas?

Joseph G. Trabbic July 2, 2019 12
Ideal societies and the Catholic vision

James Kalb June 11, 2019 5