The Dispatch
Opinion: Don’t blame Descartes—the dualism runs deep
On November 10, 1619, during a Saint Martin’s Eve celebration in Germany, a twenty-three-year-old French soldier slipped into a small room with a stove to [...]
Newman on the Sacred Liturgy, Part One
Essay
Editor’s note: The following address was delivered to the Theology Department of the University of Dallas on November 5, 2025, and is posted here in two parts. When thinking of John Henry Newman, one’s thoughts [...]
The life of the Trinity in Saint Elizabeth Catez
Essay
Each year on a Sunday in May or June, every Catholic priest is assigned the seemingly impossible task of preaching about the mystery of the Trinity. Considering the number of theological errors about God that [...]
Analysis
The Emergence of the Post-Liberal Catholic Priest
A major recent survey suggests that a new generation of Catholic priests is breaking free of the restrictive political labels of “conservative” and “liberal,” recognizing that the claims of our Faith transcend such increasingly anachronistic branding. [...]
Columns
Catholicism and the problem of political extremism
Modern politics go to extremes. There are a variety of reasons for that. One is that modern thought likes to draw far-reaching conclusions from a few simple principles. In the natural sciences, where exact verification [...]
Editorial
The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released today a “Doctrinal Note on Some Marian Titles regarding Mary’s Cooperation in the Work of Salvation” (Mater Populi Fidelis), and it has raised a few eyebrows along with [...]
Analysis
America’s Most Fruitful Dioceses: A Look at the Numbers
The median Latin-rite diocese in the United States has one infant baptism per year for every 113 Catholics, one non-infant reception into the Church per year for every 413 Catholics, one wedding per year for [...]
Features
Catholic leader: Religious sects, terrorist groups are “two wolves “preying on African youths
Nelson Moda, the head of the Community of Sant’Egidio in Mozambique and a lecturer at the Catholic University of Mozambique, has described religious sects and terrorist groups as “the two wolves” that prey on the [...]
Essay
A Eucharistic Way of Life
Some fifty years ago, I spent a five-day retreat on a small island off the coast of Mystic, Connecticut. On each day of the retreat, I concentrated my meditation upon a chapter of Saint Paul’s [...]
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The Pitchfork Rebel:
Every candidate has shortcomings. It's hilarious that after the sputtering of the "No Kings" events, nobody has had the thought…
‘Death’ by Deception on Halloween in Illinois | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics:
[…] he assisted in the suicide of his mother, Andrew Solomon wrote in a 1996 New Yorker article entitled “A Death of One’s…
MrsHess:
No mention of the one thing these mothers-(and babies)-in-need truly need: a husband (and father).
