The Dispatch
Centesimus Annus at 35
Thirty-five years ago, Pope John Paul II issued his most developed social encyclical, Centesimus Annus; its title signaled the author’s intention to honor the centenary of [...]
Catholic Education Needs Civic Formation
Essay
There is a movement afoot in American education to restore the teaching of civics in a way that presents America as lovable and worthy of its citizens’ service. The most prominent places to see this [...]
“As people of faith, we know a better world is possible,”: Groups plea for end of Sudanese crisis
Features
(CWR, Yaoundé) As the conflict in Sudan enters its fourth year, major faith-based organizations are uniting to demand immediate international action to protect civilians. In an April 15th statement, groups including ACT Alliance, Caritas Internationalis, [...]
Features
Former federal prosecutor: ‘I’d like to prosecute any nun who still wears the head habit’
The Senate Judiciary Committee released the texts by ex-prosecutors who were dismissed shortly after Donald Trump returned to the presidency. […]
Analysis
Is the Church dying or reviving?
What is going on in the Church in America? Is She singing a swan song, or is She rising again from the ashes like the legendary phoenix? In the spirit of legendary Yankee catcher Yogi [...]
Essay
Sex and the Unity of the Catholic Church
Faced with a German Church that may be, at this point, a schismatic ecclesial body, Pope Leo XIV made remarks on April 22nd that stirred controversy and debate. On April 20th, Cardinal Reinhard Marx of [...]
Chapp's Schtick
The SSPX is now on a clear and direct collision course with Rome
The Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), Fr. Davide Pagliarani, has recently given a lengthy interview in which he lays out his case for why the Society is justified in defying [...]
Analysis
On Colorado’s continuing assault on religious liberty
If it’s a day that ends in “y,” the State of Colorado has probably passed another law hostile to free speech and religious liberty. And the state’s persistent animus toward Christianity has been keeping the [...]
Books
A new history of the unrecognized martyrs of the Christian militia orders
When it comes to saints who were also soldiers, the list is relatively short. There is St. Louis IX, the medieval king of France, who fundraised and led two crusades against the Muslim kingdom in [...]
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The Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), Fr. Davide Pagliarani, has recently given a lengthy interview in which he lays out his case for why the Society is justified in defying [...] -
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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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ND:
A Catholic who denies the Sanctity and Dignity of the marital act within The Sacrament Of Holy Matrimony and thus…
Cleo:
Too much snark in some of these comments. Methinks the devil loves snark. Just sayin'.
