The Dispatch
Africa’s second exodus
When reports confirmed that thousands of young Africans had been lured into fighting for Russia in its war on Ukraine, the world reacted with shock [...]
A Question of Perspective: Who Gets Fired and Why?
Analysis
It has been ranked “as among the most significant developments in moral theology in the past fifty years.” This was how the late Fr. Richard McCormick described Catholic University of America’s decision in 1988 to [...]
The Left’s cancellation of Cesar Chavez looks bad either way
Features
Editor’s note: This essay originally appeared in AMAC’s “Newsline” and is reposted here with kind permission Though the power of the #MeToo movement peaked long ago, the Left’s cancellation machine kicked into gear this past [...]
Essay
Flannery O’Connor’s “both/and” vision of reality
In the wake of Flannery O’Connor’s death on March 25, 1965, the Trappist monk and spiritual writer Thomas Merton said, “When I read Flannery O’Connor, I do not think of Hemingway, or Katherine Anne Porter, [...]
Books
Introducing Communio Theology: An interview with Tracey Rowland
Tracey Rowland holds the St. John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame (Australia). She received her PhD from the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, and her STL and STD [...]
Essay
Cardinal Newman: Doctor of Catholic Education, Part Two
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 [...]
Columns
Incarnate Transcendence in an Age of Transhumanist Counterfeits
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 [...]
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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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Kathleen Reeves:
The very best. Thank you for that. Long ago there was a wonderful comic strip called "Pogo." In it was…
Kathleen Reeves:
Amen. Couldn't agree more. "Pure in heart?" Not likely, but I won't judge him. God will.
