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  • [ August 22, 2026 ] At friendship meeting in Italy, Pope Leo calls for fraternity: ‘Love is the law of life’ News Briefs
  • [ August 22, 2026 ] In San Marino, Pope Leo XIV tells young people: ‘We only find authentic freedom in Jesus Christ’ News Briefs
  • [ August 22, 2026 ] Pope Leo XIV visits San Marino, the oldest republic in the world and a ‘laboratory’ of good policies News Briefs
  • [ August 22, 2026 ] Armenian Patriarch Minassian: Persecution has strengthened Christian hope and identity News Briefs
  • [ August 22, 2026 ] Debate about sex ed guidelines for schools in German archdiocese continues after Vatican letter News Briefs

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.
The Dispatch

G.K. Chesterton on “the Only State that Creates and Loves Its Own Citizens”

April 19, 2022 Paul Senz 5

G.K. Chesterton was a monumental figure in the Catholic Church of the twentieth century whose continuing influence is as robust as his famous girth. This year commemorates a century since his conversion (on July 30, […]

The Dispatch

“I learn something new from the Church Fathers every day”

March 31, 2022 Paul Senz 5

The Fathers of the Church have insights and wisdom to offer on just about any theological topic. During the first centuries, after the Resurrection, the greatest theologians of the day were working tirelessly to defend […]

Books

A history of the “true England,” Christ-haunted to its spiritual core

March 26, 2022 Paul Senz 4

The idyllic scenes from the English countryside have long captured the imagination of many non-Englanders. We picture rolling green hills, stone walls, sheep and cows grazing in mist-covered fields, and a centuries-old church at the […]

Books

Celebrating the remarkable legacy of the prolific Peter Kreeft

December 9, 2021 Paul Senz 4

Peter Kreeft is one of the most prolific, respected, and influential Catholic writers of the last fifty years. He is the author of nearly a hundred books (he doesn’t keep count, but says it’s somewhere […]

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Archbishop draws on 60 years of service in his new book on priesthood

December 8, 2021 Paul Senz 2

Decades as a priest and bishop have given Archbishop Emeritus Alfred Hughes a deep and unique insight into the Catholic priesthood—its challenges, its blessings, and what the people of God need from their priests. After […]

Books

Bishop Donald Hying: “Our faith calls us to do, to act, to imitate Jesus…”

November 6, 2021 Paul Senz 3

It is not enough to believe; the faith must be lived. We are not called to simply adhere to a creed, or give our assent to a series of propositions. But taking these creeds as […]

The Dispatch

Art, love, and a Catholic renaissance: An interview with Michael O’Brien

October 10, 2021 Paul Senz 7

Michael D. O’Brien is a remarkably prolific artist. Author of many novels, painter, and icon writer, his output is incredibly varied and tremendous. His novels reach across many different genres, including science fiction and more, […]

The Dispatch

Dallas Jenkins discusses the focus and purpose of The Chosen

October 5, 2021 Paul Senz 23

Dallas Jenkins is known to many as the writer and director of The Chosen, the remarkable and increasingly popular television series on the life of Christ. Jenkins is also the son of Jerry Jenkins, well-known […]

Books

A priest with the soul of a boxer, a boxer with the soul of a priest

October 2, 2021 Paul Senz 6

It is unfortunate, even tragic, that Father Paul Mankowski, S.J., is not known to many, as he was a true intellectual giant, a bulwark of Catholic orthodoxy, and a writer with a remarkable gift for […]

The Dispatch

Resources for the final months of the Year of St. Joseph

August 23, 2021 Paul Senz 4

On December 8, 1870, Blessed Pope Pius IX proclaimed St. Joseph as the patron of the Universal Church. To commemorate this anniversary, Pope Francis declared a Year of St. Joseph, running from December 8, 2020 […]

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