The Dispatch
The life of the Trinity in Saint Elizabeth Catez
Each year on a Sunday in May or June, every Catholic priest is assigned the seemingly impossible task of preaching about the mystery of the [...]
Supreme Court likely to uphold religious freedom in education in Colorado
Analysis
On November 3, 2026, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish, Littleton, Colorado v. Roy, a case with potentially far-reaching implications for the First Amendment right to the free exercise of [...]
Natural law, modern equality, and more on turning the corner
Columns
Last month, I wrote a bit about the renewal of family life as part of overall social renewal. I said it would require men and women to see each other as complementary, so they would [...]
Books
Priming the soul for the mystery and miraculous nature of life in Christ
Fairy tales have been part of the Christian tradition for a long, long time, and some of the most brilliant and insightful minds have opined on their importance. J.R.R. Tolkien, in his marvelous essay “On [...]
Essay
Man, Machine, and Jeremy Bentham’s Head
When you grow up in Western New York, as I did, you learn two things about the Niagara River. First, it’s great for swimming and boating. Second, don’t get caught in the current. Past a [...]
Essay
“God is glorious in His saints”: St. John Henry Newman and All Saints
Editor’s note: This homily was preached on the Solemnity of All Saints, 1 November 2026, at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City, New Jersey. St. Paul tells us that “God is glorious [...]
Features
Rome excoriates publisher of a “credibly accused” list
In a shockingly frank judicial decision—decided in June 2025 but made available in English just last week in the canon law journal of St. Paul University in Ottawa1—the Roman Rota, the rough equivalent of the [...]
Essay
A Convert from Communism
As World War II was brewing, the Communist newspaper in London ran an “exposé” about the supposed Fascist connections of G. K. Chesterton’s Weekly Review. The articles were hastily written by Douglas Hyde, who was [...]
Essay
She reported on a “prairie fire from hell”: Author Donna Steichen dies at 97
The year was 1985. A nun in a zip-up velour robe was demonstrating liturgical dance at my all-girls high school. Spotlighted onstage in the darkened auditorium, she swayed and bowed, long grey hair falling to [...]
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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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The Pitchfork Rebel:
It would seem you need remedial training in reading comprehension.
Peter F.:
Does the author of this piece really think that our omniscient Lord is just being hypothetical when he talks about…
