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Articles by Paul Senz

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.
Books

A conversation with Joseph Pearce about Ignatius Critical Editions

December 29, 2024 Paul Senz 8

There are many problems with the education system in the United States and throughout Western society. These are problems in society as a whole, which have infected the education system. Literature studies are not immune. […]

Books

Book on holy Irish men and women was inspired by Pope Benedict XVI

December 18, 2024 Paul Senz 7

The Catholic Church in Ireland is in trouble. Seminaries are nearly empty, as are many churches, and a nation turning its back on its Catholic roots by legalizing and promoting abortion, divorce, and more. But […]

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New biography details the larger-than-life figure and faith of Cardinal Pell

November 24, 2024 Paul Senz 6

Cardinal George Pell was a larger-than-life figure in the recent history of the Catholic Church. This is, of course, a figurative and even literal statement: he physically towered over his fellow cardinals, and had a […]

Books

The Hermit is the powerful story of “a priest who showed no fear”

October 30, 2024 Paul Senz 5

Priests are indispensable in the life of the Church. It is through our priests that we are reconciled with God, fed through the Holy Eucharist, brought into the Body of Christ through baptism, and much […]

The Dispatch

The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible is complete: A conversation with Scott Hahn

October 25, 2024 Paul Senz 6

After nearly 25 years of work, and the publication of dozens of individual volumes, the complete Ignatius Catholic Study Bible has finally arrived. St. Jerome famously wrote “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ,” and […]

Books

From the Messianic Movement to Catholicism: An interview with Matthew Wiseman

October 24, 2024 Paul Senz 8

In recent years, there has been a wider recognition and appreciation of the Jewish roots of the Catholic faith. Scholars and other authors have written numerous books and articles exploring this topic: Brant Pitre (Jesus […]

The Dispatch

New book guides readers in making a daily offering of their lives

October 14, 2024 Paul Senz 0

Catholics are a deeply liturgical people, and the Church’s liturgies and our lives have natural rhythms as their organizing principle: liturgical seasons, the hours throughout the day, sunrise and sunset, and on and on. Each […]

Books

On the continuity of the Roman Mass: An interview with Fr. Uwe Michael Lang

October 9, 2024 Paul Senz 15

The Eucharist is the source and summit, the font and apex, of the Church’s life. As a result, the Mass is at the heart of the Church, a constituent part of the daily and weekly […]

Features

Bishop Cozzens: The Eucharistic Congress “exceeded our expectations…”

August 14, 2024 Paul Senz 20

Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens is bishop of the Diocese of Crookston, in northwestern Minnesota, and was chairman of the 10th National Eucharistic Congress, which was held July 17–21, 2024, at Lucas Oil Stadium and the […]

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Catholics and the call to evangelize: An interview with Steve Dawson

June 17, 2024 Paul Senz 13

We are all called to spread the Good News, the Gospel (the euangelion). We are called to evangelize. There are, of course, many schools of thought on the best approach to evangelization, and it’s safe to […]

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