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About Paul Senz
Paul Senz has an undergraduate degree from the University of Portland in music and theology and earned a Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry from the same university. He has contributed to Catholic World Report, Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly, The Priest Magazine, National Catholic Register, Catholic Herald, and other outlets. Paul lives in Elk City, OK, with his wife and their four children.
Features

Death, hope, and resurrection: A conversation with Dr. Scott Hahn

May 27, 2020 Paul Senz 5

As Catholics, we know that death is not something to be feared. “Death is swallowed up in victory,” wrote St. Paul to the Corinthians, “O death, where is thy victory?” (1 Cor 15). We have […]

Features

Dana Gioia: “Poetry is fundamental to Christian identity”

May 23, 2020 Paul Senz 4

Editor’s note: This is an installment in our series on the evangelizing power of beauty. In this series, we are looking at how beauty can bring us to God, convey a sense of the sacred, […]

Features

Dr. Peter Kreeft: “Beauty is the first thing we notice and love”

May 1, 2020 Paul Senz 18

This is an installment in our series on the evangelizing power of beauty. In this series, we are looking at how beauty can bring us to God, convey a sense of the sacred, point us […]

Books

Catholicism and Socialism: Comrades or Enemies?

April 17, 2020 Paul Senz 43

Socialism has once again made its way onto the political stage in the United States. Members of the Democratic party tout socialist agendas and policies, and often even refer to themselves explicitly as “Democratic Socialists.” […]

The Dispatch

“The crisis of modernity” through the eyes of eight popes

April 7, 2020 Paul Senz 2

The papacy is a nearly 2,000-year-old institution. Catholics understand the papacy to have been founded during the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ, when he told Peter, “You are Peter, and on this rock I will […]

Features

“Beauty attracts…beauty also wounds”

March 21, 2020 Paul Senz 8

This is the first installment in our series on the evangelizing power of beauty. In this series, we are looking at how beauty can bring us to God, convey a sense of the sacred, point […]

The Dispatch

How the Catholic faith saved this couple’s marriage

February 10, 2020 Paul Senz 4

American Catholics have grown accustomed, over the last 30 or 40 years, to the wonderful and moving stories of those who have converted to the Catholic faith, particularly from various Protestant denominations. Some of these […]

Interview

Why Catholics can’t afford to dismiss their own history

January 5, 2020 Paul Senz 10

As one may expect of any institution with a 2,000-year history, there is no shortage of myths and misinformation regarding the history of the Catholic Church. There are tales of intrigue and espionage; conspiracy theories […]

Books

Ignatius Critical Editions present great literary works, reject fad and fashion

December 26, 2019 Paul Senz 13

Truth, beauty, and goodness are under attack in many ways and on many fronts. One of the ways this attack is manifesting itself is in the insistent and nearly ubiquitous “re-assessment” of classic works of […]

The Dispatch

New work of apologetics explains why the Bible is a Catholic book

December 20, 2019 Paul Senz 8

The Bible is recognized and revered as the Word of God by more than 2 billion Christians around the world. Yet one of the main points of contention between Catholics and Protestant Christians has been […]

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