The Dispatch
The New Attack on Christmas
One hundred years ago—on December 27, 1919—G.K. Chesterton wrote about “the new attack on Christmas.” We should probably discuss the old attack on Christmas before [...]
Remembering Father Leonard Klein (1945-2019)
Essay
In January 2009, the vigil service and funeral Mass for Father Richard John Neuhaus were held at the parish he had served, the Church of the Immaculate Conception in the Gramercy Flatiron neighborhood of Manhattan. [...]
God and the mystery of a “screwed up” world
Essay
“How can you believe in God when the world is so screwed up?” the student wrote. This is a common question. One way of responding is to say: “How can you not believe in God [...]
Columns
A Course Reversal? On R.R. Reno’s Return of the Strong Gods
Many people today, especially conservatives and Christians, find it alarming that basic human connections and loyalties keep weakening in favor of impersonal economic and administrative arrangements. The tendency has been going on for a long [...]
Columns
Thomism and Political Liberalism, Part 3
This is the third and last part of my discussion of Thomism and political liberalism. From the first two essays (see here and here) I think that we can conclude that one important thing that [...]
Features
Sheen beatification delay an act of “sabotage,” Peoria official writes
Peoria, Ill., Dec 7, 2019 / 09:30 pm (CNA).- After the Diocese of Rochester last week confirmed it had requested that the beatification of Venerable Fulton Sheen be delayed, a longtime Peoria diocese official is [...]
Essay
The Immaculate Conception Revisited
Last December, I wrote an article for Catholic World Report on the Immaculate Conception: “Why I came to believe that Mary was conceived without sin.” I argued that it was (1) a matter of typology, [...]
Features
You Better Watch Out—St. Nicholas is Coming to Town
Everyone loves jolly ol’ Saint Nicholas. There is something romantic and cozy about telling Santa stories around the crackling fire. He is an icon of the Christmas season. But not everyone agrees about the real [...]
Features
The ancient roots of deification in the Latin tradition
Dr. Jared Ortiz is Associate Professor of Religion at Hope College, author of You Made Us for Yourself: Creation in St Augustine’s Confessions (Fortress Press, 2016), founder and executive director of the Saint Benedict Institute, [...]
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Many people today, especially conservatives and Christians, find it alarming that basic human connections and loyalties keep weakening in favor of impersonal economic and administrative arrangements. The tendency has been going on for a long [...] -
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There has been a fair amount of discussion and commentary among Catholics in recent years about “Nones,” notably the work of Bishop Robert Barron, who last week “outlined five paths Church leaders should take to [...] -
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