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The often silent and surprising history of devotion to Saint Joseph

March 4, 2021 Sandra Miesel 7

As we celebrate this official Year of St. Joseph, announced on December 8, 2020 by Pope Francis, Catholics readily join in paying tribute to a great and well-loved saint. Surely Our Lord’s foster-father has always […]

Essay

“And let my cry come unto Thee”: On Ash Wednesday

February 17, 2021 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 1

Salutem in Domino (Health and salvation in the Lord)! That traditional Latin greeting encapsulates our hope and prayer every day of our lives, but one that we raise with particular intensity for the next forty […]

Essay

Singing through Advent, Part Four: The Gloria and Nunc Dimittis

December 17, 2020 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 2

As our Advent journey draws to a close, we want to consider the last two canticles presented for our prayerful consideration by St. Luke, the Gloria1 and Nunc Dimittis. We now move into the second […]

Essay

Gaudete Sunday and finding “the joy of my soul”—even In 2020

December 12, 2020 Fr. Charles Fox 4

“I rejoice heartily in the LORD, in my God is the joy of my soul.” —Isaiah 61:10 “Joy has come to me from the Holy One.” —Baruch 4:22 When someone tells me to “be happy,” […]

The Dispatch

The joyful, particular scandal of Advent

December 11, 2020 Carl E. Olson 9

On the Readings for Sunday, December 17, 2017, the Third Sunday of Advent […]

The Dispatch

St. Juan Diego hailed as messenger of hope, healing for Native Americans

December 9, 2020 Catholic News Agency 3

CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2020 / 06:48 pm (CNA).- The Feast of St. Juan Diego, an Aztec peasant who witnessed an indigenous apparition of the Virgin Mary and later became the first canonized indigenous American […]

The Dispatch

The Immaculate Conception Revisited

December 8, 2020 Dr. Leroy Huizenga 31

In December 2018, I wrote an article for Catholic World Report on the Immaculate Conception: “Why I came to believe that Mary was conceived without sin.” I argued that it was (1) a matter of […]

The Dispatch

What does the Bible really say about Mary, the Mother of the Messiah?

September 7, 2020 Paul Senz 39

Dr. Brant Pitre is Distinguished Research Professor of Scripture at the Augustine Institute in Denver, Colorado. He earned his Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame, specializing in the study of the New Testament […]

The Dispatch

Strong performances characterize new Fatima movie

August 25, 2020 Nick Olszyk 18

MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating: NR Reel Rating: 3 out of 5 There have already been several film adaptations of the Fatima apparitions, among the most recent being 2009’s The 13th Day—an unusual, experimental interpretation […]

The Dispatch

St. John the Baptist: Called by the Father, filled with the Spirit, proclaiming the Son

June 23, 2020 Carl E. Olson 9

On the Readings for Sunday, June 24, 2012, The Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist […]

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Today Pope Francis met with members of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations and discussed the particular challenges facing those in the medical profession with regard to safeguarding all human life. I haven’t seen […]

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