Essay
Female ordination advocates ignore theological truth, focus on power
Those who insist that women ought to be ordained as Catholic priests do not simply want to serve the Church—they want to change the Church. […]
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The Dispatch
The temptation and the challenge of reading “Gaudete et exsultate”
Whatever else there is to say about the document and regardless of one’s personal, spiritual, or intellectual disposition toward Pope Francis, it is fair to […]
Essay
The wounds of Christ and the doubt of Thomas
It is not an accident that Thomas comes to faith, not by simply seeing an apparition of Jesus, but only after being instructed to pay […]
The Dispatch
Who is your Jesus?
When it comes down to it, many of us rather have a Jesus we’re comfortable with than conforming our lives to that one unique and […]
The Dispatch
“Behold! I tell you a mystery!”
The mysteries of the Incarnation and Resurrection are re-presented in every celebration of “the sacred mysteries” – Holy Mass – as Jesus is born in […]
Features
Pope Francis believes in hell—and he needs to stop talking to Eugenio Scalfari
Our Lord also told His disciples, “Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple […]
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The Seven Last Words from the Cross: “It is consummated”
If most people were asked when Jesus’ hour of glory began, they would probably say Easter morning. But according to the Evangelist John, the hour […]
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Christ’s question to us during Holy Week: “Do you love me?”
Much of Lent is focused on Baptism, where our love affair with the Triune God had its beginning. The baptismal font, however, leads inexorably to […]
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Pope Francis’ tough talk about media spin rings hollow
The Holy Father’s condemnation of those “who twist reality and invent stories for their own benefit, without concern for the good name of others” is […]
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The Seven Last Words from the Cross: “I Thirst!”
For what does He thirst? Surely not for the narcotic mentioned in Mark 15:36. No, Jesus thirsts for more important things, but the Cross separates […]