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  • [ November 16, 2025 ] Pope Leo XIV shares lunch with more than 1,300 people in need at the Vatican News Briefs
  • [ November 16, 2025 ] Pope Leo XIV: Where the world sees threats, the Church sees children News Briefs
  • [ November 16, 2025 ] Sacred music is good for the brain as well as the soul, neuroscientist says News Briefs
  • [ November 16, 2025 ] Priest and layman liberate Christian slaves from bondage in Pakistan News Briefs
  • [ November 15, 2025 ] Pope Leo XIV to movie makers: Film can portray ‘longing for the infinite’ News Briefs

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About Sean Salai
Dr. Sean M. Salai, D.Min, is a pastoral theologian and former Jesuit. He is the culture reporter at The Washington Times.
The Dispatch

Growing in maturity with the Church Fathers: An interview with Fr. John Gavin, S.J.

November 6, 2025 Sean Salai 5

Father John Gavin, S.J., is an associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He recently spoke with the Catholic World Report about his new book Growing into God: […]

Features

Sept. 7th Rosary Rally at Notre Dame will mark 75th anniversary of 1950 Rally

September 3, 2025 Sean Salai 4

Fr. David S. Marcham is a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston who serves as the Vice Postulator and Guild Director for the Cause of Venerable Patrick Peyton. On September 7th, at 1:30 EDT, the University of […]

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Raising children in an age of anxiety and a culture of individualism

February 25, 2025 Sean Salai 2

Timothy P. Carney is the father of six children, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and a columnist at the Washington Examiner. A Catholic raised in New York City, he lives with his […]

The Dispatch

Survey finds the economy worries Americans more than cultural issues

February 6, 2025 Sean Salai 22

Americans have grown more worried about their pocketbooks and less concerned about the culture wars over the past decade, an annual family values survey has found. Deseret News reported Thursday that 71% of adults responding to a […]

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Children’s book offers the first “lives of saints’ animals”

December 27, 2024 Sean Salai 2

Alexi Sargeant is a Catholic high school humanities teacher in Hyattsville, Maryland. He and his wife, writer Leah Libresco Sargeant, have three young children. Mr. Sargeant, a former assistant editor at First Things, holds a […]

The Dispatch

New book details the silencing of a brilliant, outspoken Jesuit 

October 22, 2024 Sean Salai 22

Jesuit leaders asked the late Fr. Paul Mankowski, S.J., to either stop defending Catholic teachings on hot-button social issues or leave their religious order. A candid new book shows he chose to obey, but with […]

Books

Defending the necessity of baptism: An interview with Fr. Anthony Lusvardi, S.J.

October 16, 2024 Sean Salai 18

Rev. Anthony R. Lusvardi, S.J. is an American Jesuit priest who teaches sacramental theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He holds a B.A. in English and philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, […]

The Dispatch

Catholic sociologist’s book stirs debate over the value of marriage

June 20, 2024 Sean Salai 24

A recent book from a Catholic sociologist has stirred intense debate over its argument that marriage remains the quickest path to financial success and happiness for Americans. Brad Wilcox argues in Get Married: Why Americans […]

The Dispatch

A thoughtful, faithful guide to understanding suffering

April 12, 2024 Sean Salai 1

“Suffering is, in itself, an experience of evil,” Pope St. John Paul II once said. These words open the first chapter of the recent book Suffering: What Every Catholic Should Know. They also set the […]

The Dispatch

Lost Tomie dePaola art enlivens beautiful new lives of the saints

November 18, 2023 Sean Salai 1

A new “lives of the saints” book has resurrected the late Tomie dePaola’s unpublished illustrations for one last adventure. A lifelong New Englander, DePaola was the rare Catholic children’s artist who also achieved mainstream fame, […]

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In the wake of this morning’s Supreme Court decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, reactions and responses have, of course, flooded websites, blogs, and social media sites. Below is a […]

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