The Dispatch
Ohio courts invalidate parental educational choice program
The latest front in the battle to protect the God-given parental right to direct the educational upbringing of their children, because “the child is not [...]
Opinion: When praying for a President becomes a scandal
Essay
We have reached such an extraordinary degree of political derangement within Catholic discourse in the U.S. that twelve bishops praying over the President of the United States now constitutes a scandal requiring public apologies and [...]
Why seminaries need to teach political philosophy and study of statesmanship
Essay
I taught in fine seminary programs at the beginning and end of my full-time teaching career, with stints at Catholic colleges and universities in between. I continue to teach part-time for the college seminary of [...]
Essay
On Christ the King and the idolatry of politics
Editor’s note: This homily was preached on the feast of Christ the King (Extraordinary Form), October 25, 2026, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. In the calendar of the Usus Antiquior, [...]
Chapp's Schtick
Amoris Laetitia in 2026 and the deeper crisis of faith today
The anticipated meeting in Rome to revisit and possibly reassess Amoris Laetitia is now over. And whatever Pope Leo wishes to do with its deliberations will now be on hold as he recovers from surgery, [...]
Essay
On the private life and public testimony of Elisabeth Elliot
I first encountered Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) through her husband. I was a new student at a college in South Carolina when a friend pressed a copy of Shadow of the Almighty (1958) into my hands [...]
Features
From the Archives: Realism and Islam
Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. Schall was posted first at CWR on April 17, 2016. I. Political realism, long associated with Augustine, constrains us to consider what Machiavelli later recommended to us—namely, [...]
Columns
How to turn the corner? Reflections on the way forward
Technology operates by defining goals clearly, breaking situations down into their simplest components, and finding the most effective and reliable way to deal with each piece of the puzzle. That approach is effective with simple [...]
Essay
Prof. Jérôme Lejeune on Human Ethics and the Unborn Child
On May 7, 1974, less than 500 days after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the disastrous Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, a world-renowned geneticist testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s [...]
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The anticipated meeting in Rome to revisit and possibly reassess Amoris Laetitia is now over. And whatever Pope Leo wishes to do with its deliberations will now be on hold as he recovers from surgery, [...] -
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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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Susanne Lee:
Well, I've managed to be faithful to my spouse and not commit any felonies or sexual assaults, so there is…
Carl E. Olson:
It's common knowledge that Trump does attend church, but not on a regular basis.
