Analysis
The Youth Synod: The next step in the Francis papacy
The just-issued document for the upcoming youth synod emphasizes social justice, the empowerment of women, and changing the Church’s moral teachings. […]
abortion
General
Why Dr. Rebecca Luckett’s abortion essay is not the “same old same-old”
Most ‘Yes-I’m-Catholic-but’ attempts at public conscience massaging warrant little consideration and usually no follow-up. But Dr. Luckett’s recent USA Today essay could be an exception. […]
The Dispatch
Upcoming SCOTUS cases raise serious questions about religious freedom, First Amendment rights
And as these cases work their way through the judicial process, observers are conscious of an even larger question about the Supreme Court. […]
Features
Bishop Paprocki discusses background, decision regarding Sen. Durbin
“Senator Durbin was once pro-life,” says the Bishop of Springfield, Illinois. “He changed somewhere along the line. I hope he comes back to his roots. […]
The Dispatch
A tale of two countries, a choice between two cultures
Ireland has forgotten or become blind to how much good has been done since a protection for mother and unborn child was enshrined in its […]
The Dispatch
In praise of Fr. Francis Canavan’s prophetic eye
Fun Is Not Enough, a collection of pithy essays originally published in the catholic eye, is full of wit, wisdom, and more than a few […]
Ecclesia et Civitas
Is America a revolutionary ideological state?
We find ourselves in an increasingly ideological society whose ideology is ever more anti-human, anti-Catholic, and compulsory. […]
The Dispatch
The Bloody 14 and the question of excommunication
The repeated, though for now misguided, calls for excommunication in these cases, and the repeated, but worth-considering, calls for withholding holy Communion in these cases […]
Features
March for Life is praised by President Trump as “a movement born out of love”
“You love every child, born and unborn, because you believe that every life is sacred, that every child is a precious gift from God,” Trump […]
The Dispatch
As mainstream media loses ability to control abortion narrative, left-wing rage rises
In 1995, outside of a narrow talk radio audience, a few major networks controlled the cultural narrative about the pro-life movement. No longer. […]