The Dispatch
Miss Americana misses the deeper meaning of goodness
MPAA Rating: TV-MA USCCB Rating: NR Reel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Miss Americana, a documentary released recently on Netflix and in select theaters, [...]
Progressives and the problem of being more Francis than the pope
Editorial
The highly anticipated and now much discussed post-synodal apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia struck me as mostly workmanlike. That’s not to dismiss the importance of the text, or to overlook significant passages. Nor is to suggest [...]
Priest diagnosed with brain tumor offers his sufferings for abuse victims
Features
Last week, Father John Hollowell announced to readers of his blog and followers on Twitter that he has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, and that he will be offering his sufferings for the victims [...]
Features
The Idea of Tradition in Querida Amazonia
In the recent post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Querida Amazonia (Beloved Amazon), Pope Francis refers to the transmission throughout time—the traditionary process—of the “authentic Tradition of the Church” (§66). Tradition here is spelt with a capital T. [...]
Essay
Saint Augustine on True Worship and the Ecclesial Heart
As I was reading Augustine’s discussion of true worship in the City of God this past week, I was struck by how naturally Augustine holds together things that contemporary Catholic culture has divided. Let me [...]
Features
National Conservatism and the ‘True Europe’
There are a lot of fancy terms being used to describe today’s changing political landscape. There’s Eatwell and Goodwin’s ‘national populism,’ Dueck’s ’conservative nationalism,’ and the ‘populist nationalism’ of Steve Bannon. And then there’s ‘national [...]
Features
Querida Amazonia: The good, the baffling, and the unexpected
The long-awaited (dreaded) post-synodal apostolic exhortation has finally dropped. For months, Catholics on the side of the angels have been trolled by the Left into fearing/believing that this document would open the door to married [...]
Features
Querida Amazonia combats caricatures, presents a robust Christocentrism
In the midst of all of the attention given to the Pope’s failure in his apostolic exhortation, Querida Amazonia, to positively endorse married priests in the Amazon, and of his more explicit rejection of the [...]
Features
“We can only be grateful to Francis for this unusual and unexpected clarity”
Editor’s note: The following essay is by Bishop Marian Eleganti, auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Chur, Switzerland. It was originally posted on kath.net on February 12, 2020, and is re-posted here, in English translation, [...]
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A couple of months ago I reviewed R.R. Reno’s book Return of the Strong Gods, in which the author calls for strengthening the loves and loyalties that hold Western societies together. At the end of [...] -
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The highly anticipated and now much discussed post-synodal apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia struck me as mostly workmanlike. That’s not to dismiss the importance of the text, or to overlook significant passages. Nor is to suggest [...] -
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Jeff Bishop:
Excellent article, Mr Olson. It really make one think of the motives of Francis.
