The Dispatch
In a world that often fears motherhood, St. Monica’s example shines brightly
The Catholic Church has blessed the world with strong and faithful women who not only guide us on our path to heaven but who champion [...]
Pursuing peace, addressing extremism in Nigeria: An interview with Fr. Atta Barkindo
Features
Fr. Atta Barkindo, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Kukah Centre, has been appointed to a high-level expert team tasked by Nigeria’s Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) with developing a comprehensive National Peace Framework. [...]
Babel today
Columns
At its highest levels, political life today is an attempt to reach heaven through purely human means—that is, to construct Babel. That attempt is partly motivated by institutional interests, but at bottom has to do [...]
Analysis
Unbroken: News from the Church in China
Sitting in the room with Chinese priests and nuns is always an exercise of patient listening and reading between the lines. Sometimes—it is not typically characteristic of Chinese culture to speak directly—someone is blunt. That [...]
Essay
Winnowing Weasel Words
Popes have long been political players on the world stage. In recent times, John Paul II worked with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan to bring down the Berlin Wall. Benedict XVI addressed a joint sitting [...]
Features
“Adore Him” combines history and testimony in promoting Eucharistic adoration
Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry, a Catholic evangelization apostolate founded and led by Deacon Steve Greco, director of evangelization and formation for the Diocese of Orange in California, has produced a film titled “Adore Him”. It is [...]
Books
New YOUCAT Love Forever is “a guide to formation for married love”
Mark Brumley is the president of Ignatius Press, one of the nation’s biggest U.S. Catholic publishers and multimedia distributors, and also the publisher of the Catholic World Report. He holds a Master’s degree in theology [...]
Features
Florida’s Catholic Attorney General, Bishops Face Off Over Vaccines
Florida is a “school choice” state, allowing parents to pay for private school tuition with state-funded education savings accounts. But Catholic school children in the state are not given a choice enjoyed by their public [...]
Features
Islamist persecution, Christian survival, and encountering the Houthis in Yemen
I was idling in my room at the Arabia Felix, drinking Orange Fanta and eyeing geckos on the wall, when a message came from the lobby. I’d been granted the meeting I was hoping for [...]
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“The Apostle Paul, an outstanding and almost inimitable yet stimulating figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to his Church, as well as of great openness to humanity [...] -
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Carl E. Olson:
It certainly seems evident in the U.S. and the West. For example, a recent news piece states: "Nearly 40% of…
Gerard:
The Church has the prerogative to comment upon all human matters. Take your complaint to the Lord in prayer.
Jana:
Thank you for sharing this. His humor and joy, as you mentioned, drew many friends and I am honored to…
