The Dispatch
A Terrible Coarsening
The now-ubiquitous terms “reproductive health” and “reproductive freedom” have contributed mightily to a slaughter of the innocents in these United States. The death toll from [...]
New book addresses conflicts over abortion, gender treatments, conscience
Books
There is perhaps no more polarizing issue in American society than abortion. Other contentious issues include so-called gender issues, sexual morality, and the role of and rights related to conscience. A new book by Christopher [...]
“In the presence of the angels I will praise Thee…”
Essay
Popular culture reflects the true nature of angels as faithfully as a funhouse mirror. It shows glorious incorporeal spirits in fanciful shapes, from pudgy winged babies to ethereal Nature goddesses, and turns these false images [...]
Essay
Evangelization and Blessed Fulton J. Sheen
Editor’s note: The following homily was delivered on September 27, 2026, at the Oratory of Saints Gregory and Augustine, St. Louis, within the celebration of the Beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. The most important [...]
Features
Baptized by Fulton Sheen: Bishop Barres reflects on new blessed’s holiness and mission
This week, I traveled to St. Louis with thousands of other Catholics from throughout the country for the Beatification Mass of Fulton Sheen. It was deeply uplifting to see so many people gathered together who, [...]
Features
Nearly 50,000 celebrate the beatification of Midwest native Fulton J. Sheen
During the growing season, visitors driving along country roads on their way to Peoria gaze out on oceans of field corn—the green stalks sporting golden tassels—and the occasional open pasture spotted with cows. Young Fulton [...]
Features
A ‘porter’ who led others to Christ: Abp Fulton Sheen declared ‘blessed’
Pope Leo XIV announced Blessed Sheen’s feast day will be on Dec. 9, the anniversary of his death. […]
Essay
Contemplating the astounding power of Padre Pio’s ministry, gifts, and trials
Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968) was famous during his lifetime. He wasn’t a brilliant theologian, an innovative religious founder, a martyr, a bishop, a cardinal, or a pope. He was a Capuchin Franciscan friar who [...]
Essay
How the Mass helped to shape Western civilization
There is no shortage of recent literature across the political spectrum warning of the profound cultural crisis confronting the West and the erosion of the moral assumptions that once bound society together. Douglas Murray writes [...]
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Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. James V. Schall was published originally in slightly different form at Ignatius Insight on September 8, 2006, to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, [...] -
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“The Apostle Paul, an outstanding and almost inimitable yet stimulating figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to his Church, as well as of great openness to humanity [...] -
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mrscracker:
I pray to St. Michael at every meal after Grace. It helps me remember to ask his intercession 3x's a…
DeaconEdwardPeitler:
Abortion is a barbaric act.
Susanne Lee:
The Nazis upheld a deeply veiled language, which they used to hide their vicious goals and deceive their victims as…
