The Dispatch
Proclaiming the Kingdom in the splendor of the Son
Readings: • Is 66:10-14c • Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 • Gal 6:14-18 • Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 Anyone who has seen a sunrise from [...]
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, [...]
The Gospel, politics, and love of God
Columns
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 [...]
Essay
Preventive war and the U.S. attack on Iran
Last week I argued that the U.S. should stay out of Israel’s war with Iran. America has now entered the war by bombing three facilities associated with Iran’s nuclear program. Is this action morally justifiable in light [...]
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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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Robert Honavar:
Not all of a sudden entirely forbidden, but step by step gradually and entirely phased out because it has been…
Barb:
There were a number of plantations that were owned by black owners. The slaves were black, just like their white…
