The Dispatch
Letting girls be born for all the wrong reasons
The Economist recently lauded the fact that sex selection abortions seem to be on the decline. “The noxious practice of aborting girls simply for being [...]
Facing the future with hard heads and soft hearts
Features
How do you approach the future? The old joke about economists (attributed to the late Paul Samuelson) is that they have successfully predicted nine of the last five recessions. Some of us are born economists [...]
10 things you should know about Catholics and the American Founding
Essay
In my essay “10 Things You Should Know About the American Founding” I focused on some little-known facts about the American Founding in general. The final three of those “10 things” mentioned Catholics and Catholicism, [...]
Columns
The Gospel, politics, and love of God
Like nature and grace, law and love have a complex and subtle relationship. Many Catholics insistently favor bridges over walls, inspiration over tradition, the spirit over the letter, and love over laws and institutions. They [...]
Features
Mozambique insurgents decried as ‘devils’ preying on children
Johan Viljoen, Director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute of the South African Bishops’ Conference, has issued a stark condemnation of the armed groups operating in Mozambique, labeling them as “devils.” In comments to CWR, [...]
Features
The changing fortunes of Catholic “Founding Father” in American history
As Catholic Americans prepare to mark Independence Day, we naturally look not only to the well-known “founding fathers” such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington but also to our Catholic forbears who were [...]
Essay
Catholic progressives and the development of sexual doctrine
In 2023, the newly minted cardinal Robert Prevost was asked by CNS about comments he made a decade earlier on “beliefs and practices that are at odds with the Gospel,” including abortion and the “homosexual lifestyle.” Had his views [...]
Chapp's Schtick
The Sacred Heart of Jesus is the burning furnace of divine love
June is the month the Church sets aside for the celebration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This has always been one of my favorite devotions and I love all the traditional trappings that adorn [...]
Essay
Synodality is the result of a theological error: Küng vs. Ratzinger 2.0
(Chur, Switzerland. kath.net) Hans Küng would have enjoyed the 2021-2024 Vatican Synod. Because he was the one who tried sixty years earlier to equate the concepts of Synod (or Council) and Church. That was supposed to [...]
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Like nature and grace, law and love have a complex and subtle relationship. Many Catholics insistently favor bridges over walls, inspiration over tradition, the spirit over the letter, and love over laws and institutions. They [...] -
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The 2024 elections are now two weeks in the rear-view mirror, but the conversations (to use a polite word) over the what, why, and how of November 5, 2024, continue. While there is no shortage [...] -
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Fr Peter Morello PhD:
Should read: Unfortunately, the Christian revelation in Christ has been misunderstood by many, that gentleness, deference to others, a spiritual…
John Grondelski:
It DOES matter because we can do the right thing for the wrong reasons: I can be charitable because I…
Paul Barresi:
The fact is that the Constitution guarantees the free practice of religion just as it guarantees the right of a…
