The Dispatch
Vatican rejects German bishops’ request for lay homilies at Mass
The Dicastery for Divine Worship said the homily is “intrinsically linked” to the proclamation of the Gospel and reserved to ordained ministers. […]
New collection of Augusto Del Noce essays explain dynamics of Marxism, Fascism
Books
The Suicide of the Revolution is the newest installment of Carlo Lancellotti’s project of translating and editing the works of Augusto Del Noce into English, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in Montreal.1 It is an attempt [...]
Celebrating Islam in an Archdiocese of Decline
Features
On the evening of June 6th—the Vigil of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ—Detroit Archbishop Edward Weisenburger joined Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Imam Fadhel Al-Sahlani (representative of the Shia Grand Ayatollah [...]
Essay
The Confessions of Monsignor Paglia and the Crossroads for Moral Catholic Theology
In an interview granted to Settimana News on May 21, 2026, Bishop Vincenzo Paglia claimed a decisive role in the dissolution of the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family and its replacement [...]
Columns
The challenge of applying Catholic social teaching
Christ told Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world, which, he had prophesied, was doomed to end in catastrophe. He lived without worldly ties: without a job, wife, children, steady source of income, [...]
Features
AI Humans and the Real Limits of Machines
I read recently in The Atlantic Monthly that artificial intelligence firms are hiring and paying big salaries to philosophers to help them think through the issues facing the developers of AI. They can send me a check, [...]
Essay
The SSPX leadership against Scripture and Tradition
The Holy See has declared that, if the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) proceeds with the ordination of bishops in July without a papal mandate, those involved in these illicit ordinations are automatically (latae sententiae) excommunicated — [...]
Books
Second volume of Justice Scalia biography portrays a unique “founder”
The founding of America was not a single event. It was a process that began long before the documents that broke us away from Great Britain and the documents that established our government. Long before [...]
Analysis
Consequential Consistorial Connections
Several topics will be discussed at the consistory of cardinals called by Pope Leo XIV for June 26-29: the international situation and its effects on local Churches; key themes in the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas; the [...]
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Christ told Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world, which, he had prophesied, was doomed to end in catastrophe. He lived without worldly ties: without a job, wife, children, steady source of income, [...] -
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“Indeed it is through chastity that we are gathered together and led back to the unity from which we were fragmented into multiplicity.” — Saint Augustine, Confessions (quoted in CCC 2340) “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by [...] -
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Peter D. Beaulieu:
The term and the meaning of Father appears nowhere in the Qur’an.
knowall:
I'm somewhat of a simple rube, but would prefer the archbishop visit the sick Muslims in the hospital or rest…
The Pitchfork Rebel:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Whataboutism Tactic Manipulation and propaganda strategy Type Tu quoque (appeal to hypocrisy, ad hominem) and…
