The Dispatch
All novels are about sin
Miriam Diller, in her essay “The Dark Side of Fantasy and Science Fiction”, writes: Famous artists and writers often get a “pass” on unsavory aspects [...]
Cardinal Hollerich’s less than “Honest to God” moment
Editorial
Raised in a Fundamentalist Protestant home and Bible chapel, I held to more than a few incorrect (and even wildly false) notions about the Catholic Church. Most of these involved Mary and the papacy. Catholics [...]
John Paul II and me (and the Poles)
Features
In the first chapter of Profiles in Courage, John F. Kennedy quoted an exasperated Congressman, John Steven McGroarty, who wrote an irritating constituent in these neatly acerbic terms: One of the countless drawbacks of being [...]
Features
Cardinal Hollerich: There’s ‘space to expand’ Church teaching on all-male priesthood
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, speaking at a press conference in the Vatican on Aug. 26, 2022. / Vatican News YouTube Channel
Rome Newsroom, Mar 28, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, the archbishop of Luxembourg an… […]
Features
The goals and lies of the Polish Left’s smear campaign against John Paul II
“A half-truth is worse than a lie and a half.” This Yiddish proverb perfectly describes the dishonest claims that the future Pope St. John Paul II covered up sexual abuse as Archbishop of Krakow (1962-1978), [...]
Analysis
The law-free zone of human sexuality and the Church today
Examining the various components of the philosophy driving the proponents of the sexual revolution, as well as many Catholic progressives, a good summary of their various proposals is simply this: the entire realm of human [...]
Features
Permanent version of Vos estis lux mundi meaningless without will to use it
Pope Francis issued a permanent version of his signature reform law, Vos estis lux mundi, on Saturday. First promulgated in 2019 as a three-year experiment, Vos estis purported to facilitate the investigation of abuse and [...]
Columns
Musings on ChatGPT, change, and the creeping memory hole
For years, my wife and I have collected thousands of DVD’s, LP’s, CD’s, and of course books, and therefore we have had little choice but to decorate with them too. We hate clutter, but we’re [...]
Features
Transgender ideology makes inroads in Archdiocese of Guadalajara
A male-to-female “transgender” drag queen performer in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico has received a new baptismal certificate affirming his female self-identity, with the approval of an official of the city’s Catholic archdiocese. The issuance [...]
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