The Dispatch
How do you solve a problem like Zanchetta?
Pope Francis has sent the canon lawyer who represented his friend and former colleague in the Argentinian bishops conference, Gustavo Zanchetta (who is now a [...]
The promises and perils of a post-Roe America
Features
After 49 years, God has granted our petition. We have offered so many rosaries, so many prayer services, and so many Masses. To these we have added countless hours of work – protests, litigations, research, [...]
What the world needs now: To burn with the love of Christ’s Sacred Heart
Essay
“I came to cast fire upon the earth.” —Luke 12:49 Fire! What single word more immediately commands people’s attention? No sane and moral person would ever consider yelling the word fire in a public place, [...]
Essay
Recycling the same old same old
In December 2021 and May 2022, I had the pleasure of teaching a mini-course in Rome, exploring the life and thought of St. John Paul II. My students came from a cross-section of world Catholicism [...]
Chapp's Schtick
The false binary between progressive accommodators and “rad trad” restorationists
Much ink has been spilled on the recent comments by the Holy Father concerning his assertion that the Second Vatican Council has been “gagged” by “restorationists”. Pope Francis specifically mentioned the United States as home [...]
Books
Economics, politics, and the parables of Christ: An interview with Fr. Robert Sirico
Fr. Robert Sirico is President Emeritus of the Acton Institute and the retired pastor emeritus of Sacred Heart Parish in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author of numerous essays and several books, including Defending [...]
Essay
Fathers who follow Christ to the Cross
Twenty-seven years ago, my life changed forever. When my wife Colleen and I were married, we made a permanent decision to love; to give ourselves to each other freely and completely. In doing this, we [...]
Columns
Catholicism, the traditional family, and the crisis of fatherhood
I recently received an e-mail with the curious subject line: “Men are like water heaters”. I opened up the e-mail to find a picture of a confused-looking, middle-aged man struggling to fix a water heater [...]
Features
Monasteries linked to the Archangel Michael share a mission and a message
Dotting the mountaintops of Europe, stretching 2,500 miles and aligned like pearls on a string, lie seven ancient monasteries. Some of the historic structures still house the cloistered religious orders which founded them, hundreds of [...]
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“I would rather get an abortion than have a Brown child who ends up being adopted by white evangelicals.” So wrote Jo Luehmann, a “Colombian born and raised pastor” whose writing focuses on “decolonizing church, [...] -
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SOL:
What good did George II actually do?
Mitch:
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2022-06/for-life-always.html "Being for life, always, also means defending it against the threat of firearms"
Athanasius:
Ok, so explain the logic for me. Fr. Altman is removed because of his conservative positions on various issues but…
