The Dispatch
Wisconsin Senate approves ‘water cremation’ for human use
MADISON, Wisconsin — A bill that would allow disposing of dead human bodies by dissolving them in a caustic chemical bath was approved without debate [...]
Thank you, CWR readers! And a few points on Eucharistic incoherence
Editorial
First, a note of thanks and gratitude. Over the past few years, and even during the difficult and often confusing months of this past year, CWR has experienced steady and consistent financial support from you, [...]
Why Catholics should oppose vaccine mandates (both private and public)
Features
• Most people have heard of Buck v. Bell (1927), in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled lawful a Virginia statute permitting sterilization of the “unfit.” Many know the infamous line of [...]
Essay
Strange Companions: Jews, Christians, and Jacques Maritain
“Catholic thought must be raised up with Jesus between heaven and earth and it has been asked to work at the reconciliation of the world to the truth by living out the painful paradox of [...]
Books
An in-depth guide to the rich treasure trove of children’s “great 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 [...]
Features
3-day Saint Joseph Summit virtual conference to focus on St. Joseph as spiritual father
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 [...]
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Samuel R. Miller:
Until the Church/Pope/Bishops address the many bad bishops who teach erroneously, evil within the Church will increase.
Grand Rapids Mike:
What are consequences for this open sacrilegious act? The pope seems more concerned about the US bishops discussion on not…
SOL:
The bishop talks about "pusillae animae" and yet the Roman Catholic churches cannot even solve its own crisis of masculinity,…
