The Dispatch
Just war doctrine and the duties of soldiers
The main point of just war doctrine is to guide public authorities in determining whether a military action they are considering is morally defensible. In [...]
Cardinal Newman: Doctor of Catholic Education, Part Two
Essay
Editor’s note: The following is Part Two of an address given to The Thomistic Institute of Fordham University on February 26, 2026 (read Part One). 3. Does a Catholic university have a distinctive curriculum? John Paul [...]
Incarnate Transcendence in an Age of Transhumanist Counterfeits
Columns
It’s no secret that we are inhabiting a moment in which digitalization is reshaping our world at an unprecedented pace. Day by day, screens, algorithms, and infrastructures of virtual reality are becoming the dominant frame [...]
Features
The Gift of Down Syndrome
Today is the best of all times to be born with Down Syndrome, and the worst of all times. In the United States, some 76 percent of children diagnosed with the genetic disorder in utero [...]
Features
An unprecedented papal visit approaches in Saint Augustine’s homeland
The Vatican has announced that, as part of his upcoming African tour, Pope Leo XIV will visit Algeria on April 13-15. No acting pontiff has ever visited Algeria, a former stronghold of ancient Christianity whose [...]
Essay
The Lenten fast of St. Patrick atop Ireland’s holy mountain
As Catholics, we celebrate the saints for their heroic witness to our Christian Faith. Each saint has a day on the Church calendar, which typically falls on the date of death, known as their dies [...]
Essay
“Lived Experience” and Moral Tradition: Rivals or Partners?
One question facing Pope Leo XIV will be whether to advance the “new paradigm” for moral theology proposed by Pope Francis and some of his advisors in recent years. In 2016, in Chapter 8 of [...]
Features
Young Catholic men discuss the state of dating and relationships today
As a married Gen-Xer, with kids, who’s been out of the dating world for almost two decades, I wanted to get some insight into how young men are faring in meeting a potential mate. Healthy [...]
Features
“Our diocese is not a slaughter slab where human beings are butchered”
Amidst ongoing preparations for the arrival of Pope Leo XVI in Cameroon, the Bishop of Kumbo Diocese has offered a chilling appraisal of the ten-year separatist conflict that has devastated Cameroon’s English-speaking regions. The Holy [...]
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Just a week after Archbishop Coakley, the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), met with President Trump, Vice President Vance, Secretary Rubio, and Secretary Noem, three U.S. cardinals ignored Archbishop Coakley’s [...] -
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LJ:
Does anyone care about this? Is Peru going to jail the POPE if he fails to vote? And as Pope…
Joe Norton:
Thank you,Mr. Wells, for your fine and inspiring story of Father Charles Carroll. If you wish to know of another…
J Mcallion:
The federation stated that if the device hadn't failed they would be talking about the deaths of infants and children;…
