The Dispatch
Last Days is a beautiful and well-intentioned film, but stumbles badly
MPAA Rating: PG-13 Reel Rating: 3 out of 5 reels Last Days tells the true story of John Allen Chau, an American missionary who was [...]
The life of the Trinity in Saint Elizabeth Catez
Essay
Each year on a Sunday in May or June, every Catholic priest is assigned the seemingly impossible task of preaching about the mystery of the Trinity. Considering the number of theological errors about God that [...]
The Emergence of the Post-Liberal Catholic Priest
Analysis
A major recent survey suggests that a new generation of Catholic priests is breaking free of the restrictive political labels of “conservative” and “liberal,” recognizing that the claims of our Faith transcend such increasingly anachronistic branding. [...]
Columns
Catholicism and the problem of political extremism
Modern politics go to extremes. There are a variety of reasons for that. One is that modern thought likes to draw far-reaching conclusions from a few simple principles. In the natural sciences, where exact verification [...]
Editorial
The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released today a “Doctrinal Note on Some Marian Titles regarding Mary’s Cooperation in the Work of Salvation” (Mater Populi Fidelis), and it has raised a few eyebrows along with [...]
Analysis
America’s Most Fruitful Dioceses: A Look at the Numbers
The median Latin-rite diocese in the United States has one infant baptism per year for every 113 Catholics, one non-infant reception into the Church per year for every 413 Catholics, one wedding per year for [...]
Features
Catholic leader: Religious sects, terrorist groups are “two wolves “preying on African youths
Nelson Moda, the head of the Community of Sant’Egidio in Mozambique and a lecturer at the Catholic University of Mozambique, has described religious sects and terrorist groups as “the two wolves” that prey on the [...]
Essay
A Eucharistic Way of Life
Some fifty years ago, I spent a five-day retreat on a small island off the coast of Mystic, Connecticut. On each day of the retreat, I concentrated my meditation upon a chapter of Saint Paul’s [...]
Books
Why is a religious sister writing vampire novels? An interview with Sr. Allison Regina Gliot, FSP
A new novel about a young woman and a mysterious vampire explores the question: Is any soul beyond saving? In The Curse He Chose, by Sr. Allison Regina Gliot, FSP, God’s boundless mercy is on full [...]
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Chris in Maryland:
It’s a safe bet that Jews at the time of Augustus and Tiberius were patriotic toward the Kingdom of Israel,…
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Our Blessed Mother is not our Redeemer, Through His Life, His Passion, His Death On The Cross And His Resurrection,…
