The Dispatch
Opinion: Is Pope Francis a “populist”?
Is Pope Francis a populist? The simple answer is no. A better answer is necessarily more complicated. But, someone might ask, does it really matter? [...]
An in-depth guide to the rich treasure trove of children’s “great books”
Books
A favorite college professor of mine often remarked, “Life is short, and books are long (and plentiful).” This was his playful way of lamenting that there are so many wonderful books “out there,” but not [...]
3-day Saint Joseph Summit virtual conference to focus on St. Joseph as spiritual father
Features
Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry, a Catholic apostolate engaged in evangelism and the promotion of spirituality headquartered in the Diocese of Orange, California, will present a 72-hour Saint Joseph Summit (www.saintjosephsummit.com) virtual conference September 30-October 3, [...]
Analysis
What does it mean to be “pastoral?”
Popes answer questions. It is the office of any bishop, but especially the Bishop of Rome, to teach the Faith. And the office of teaching, which is a share in the prophetic office of Christ [...]
Columns
What to do? Views from the past
Catholics today are in a difficult position. They have come to believe that active involvement in social and political life is a basic part of living the Faith. But the general conditions leading to that [...]
Books
Divine Ironies
From its very outset Christianity was . . . a feeling which merely disgusted, hid and decked itself out in its belief in a ‘another’ or ‘better’ life . . . a Beyond, invented in [...]
Features
Scholar reflects on “enormous significance” of U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide
Just one week prior to his 1939 invasion of Poland and the mass slaughter that followed, Adolf Hitler asked rhetorically, “Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?” Such a depraved sentiment [...]
Books
Toward a more perfect (and realistic) union?
In January of 1994, then-Vice President Albert Arnold Gore Jr., while speaking to the Institute of World Affairs in Milwaukee, committed one of his best known linguistic faux pas. While praising the diverse character of [...]
Features
Wisconsin AG insists sex-abuse investigation is not singling out Catholics
MADISON, Wisconsin — The state’s attorney general on Tuesday launched a sweeping investigation of the sexual abuse of minors by clergy, but he denied the state is singling out the Catholic Church for scrutiny. “Our [...]
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Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), made the following remark as part of a longer statement about the violence in the United States Capitol: “I [...] -
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Steve:
Those same citizens are the ones electing the governments that are responsible for this neglect. Would the alternative be worse?…
Bob trollofson:
St Joseph please pray for all migrants, and all those who are trafficked, and all those who are foolish enough…
LJ:
"How many angels can dance in the head of a pin?" This old saying, a study in myopic irrelevancy, reminds…
