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The Dispatch

The Civil War Diary of a Redemptorist Catholic priest

June 14, 2017 Dr. Kelly Scott Franklin 1

On May 18th, 1864, Confederate forces at the Battle of Spotsylvania repelled the Union army with a devastating hail of fire. The storm of grapeshot, bullets, and artillery left the Union army literally in pieces: […]

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Our Lady of Fatima and a Theological Reading of History

May 16, 2017 Bishop Robert Barron 0

This past week, we celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady to a group of shepherd children near the Portuguese town of Fatima. The series of Fatima appearances—lasting from May […]

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