The Dispatch
“Humanae Vitae” and the sensus fidelium
Research shows that only about 13 percent of Mass-goers disapprove of contraception. Does that mean Humanae Vitae is wrong? […]
Blessed Paul VI
The Dispatch
On ‘Humanae vitae’—Pope Paul VI did not act alone
The book “La nascita di un enciclica” (The Birth of an encyclical), written by Professor Gilfredo Marengo, argues that Humanae vitae is not a “pre-conciliar” encyclical […]
Analysis
Mary, Mother of the Church, and two popes
Pope Francis’ decision to create the new memorial of Mary, Mater Ecclesiae on Pentecost Monday is a fulfillment of Blessed Paul VI’s devotion to Mary […]
Essay
Mary, the Spirit, and the Church
Mary prays in the heart of the Apostolic Church on Pentecost, “The Birthday of the Church” (Acts 1:12-14).
The Dispatch
An overlooked chapter in the life of Bl. Paul VI
The future pope’s role in saving Jewish lives during WWII remains little known today. […]
Analysis
“Humanae Vitae” and the Catholic Church in England: Signs of hope
Fifty years after Humanae Vitae’s promulgation, promoting its teaching still brings immense challenges. But the news isn’t all bad. […]
The Dispatch
Conscience and grace: A Lenten meditation
Christ promised to maintain his Church in the truth (John 8.32; John 16.3). Has that promise been broken? […]
Analysis
Liturgy, Authority, and Postmodernity
As our self-consciously modern liturgical rites approach their fiftieth birthdays we would do well not to cling to them uncritically. Nor can we follow postmodernity […]
Essay
What happened at the Vatican’s bio-extinction conference
A conference sponsored by two pontifical academies embraced a kind of environmental determinism that looks at human reproduction as a mere bio-technical issue. […]
Ecclesia et Civitas
Contemporary Tyranny and Catholic Social Doctrine
The current situation of growing soft totalitarianism is too recent and too disturbing for its implications for Catholic social action to have been adequately understood […]