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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

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 […]

Books

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 […]

Books

Twelve cities and the story of early Christian evangelization

June 9, 2024 Paul Senz 1

Many of the most important figures from centuries and millennia past are distinguished by the cities in which they lived: Clement of Alexandria, Augustine of Hippo, Irenaeus of Lyons, Cyril of Jerusalem, and John of […]

Books

Why did a priest write a novel about the Mafia, Confession, and Providence?

May 1, 2024 Paul Senz 0

Art can be a tremendously effective means of communicating theological truths. We have seen this over the centuries and across millennia, and it is no less true today. In recent years, there has been a […]

Books

Lessons from spiritual masters about life and prayer

April 5, 2024 Paul Senz 2

Two millennia of Christianity have yielded a tremendous number of brilliant, holy, and insightful men and women. Many of these men and women penned works of staggering beauty and spiritual insight, which have become widely […]

Books

Finding the path to spiritual healing for the adult children of divorce

March 25, 2024 Paul Senz 20

Divorce has become an incredibly common feature of life, especially over the last 70 years or so. No matter how common or “normal” divorce becomes, the fact remains that it always inflicts a profound wound […]

Books

Book offers truth and hope for those trapped by transgenderism

March 11, 2024 Paul Senz 35

Pope Francis recently said that gender ideology is “the ugliest danger” we face today, because it “erases differences”, and “erasing differences erases humanity”. Indeed, gender ideology has rapidly swept into the mainstream in Western societies, […]

The Dispatch

“Suffering has the power to transform us to be like Christ…”

March 8, 2024 Paul Senz 10

All of us suffer. We live in a fallen world, and suffering is simply a part of life. This suffering can take many forms, and we are all affected differently by it. But why do […]

Books

“Think Blade Runner meets the Amish”: A conversation with Peco Gaskovski

January 2, 2024 Paul Senz 0

Some of the most profound observations and depictions in recent decades about the challenges of modernity, technology, and current affairs have been made through science fiction and dystopian novels, movies, and television shows. Star Trek, […]

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