The Dispatch
Firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will not be livestreamed, Trump says
The execution of the convicted mass shooter by firing squad is set for Dec. 3. […]
Eight Rules of Life from Saint Teresa of Ávila
Essay
She would have laughed if she had been told that she would someday be named a Doctor of the Church. Teresa de Ahumada y Cepeda (1515-1582), better known as Saint Teresa of Ávila, received the [...]
Michael O’Brien discusses Adeodatus, apocalypse, and the spiritual battle
Books
Michael D. O’Brien is a remarkably prolific author, iconographer, and painter, endlessly creating staggering works of art that break the reader’s heart (in the best way). O’Brien is the author of many tremendous novels, including [...]
Analysis
Speaking to Greeks in Athens, and to a few others
This past Wednesday, Secretary Rubio gave a widely viewed speech atop the Acropolis in Athens, largely focusing on the ancient Greeks’ contributions to Western civilization, then applying their lessons to the current geopolitical scene. Pundits, [...]
Columns
Why Creation Matters: The Trinitarian Case for Environmental Stewardship
I was delighted to recently learn that Pope Leo had just authorized the publication of a substantial new study by the International Theological Commission (ITC) on a subject close to my own heart: Caring for [...]
Features
“Celebrating the sacraments brings me the greatest joy…”
Bishop Michael J. Sis has served as Bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo, Texas, since 2014. He grew up in Bryan, Texas. He was the fourth of five children; his father, Raymond Sis, was [...]
Essay
What kind of pontiff was Pope Pius XII?
The world seems to be divided into two camps over Pope Pius XII. Was he an uncaring anti-Semite, an indecisive coward, and a leader so detached from the reality of World War II that he [...]
Essay
The Pauline Leo
Pope Leo’s fine homilies and speeches during his recent apostolic journey to France have been amply applauded and extensively commented upon. His homilies at the Place de la Concorde and at Lourdes, his addresses to [...]
Columns
The durability of wokeness
In 2020, I wrote a column about wokeness, the view that group inequalities are intolerable evils, caused solely by institutionalized bigotry, that must urgently be extirpated. I said that its ambition and moralism allow no [...]
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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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Sandra Miesel:
My previous comment apparently didn't post. Mr. Hoffman, are you perchance Michael Hoffman the "historical revisionist"? Invoking "Talmudic Judaism" does…
Gerard:
Israel is continuing to attempt to expand its territory into the territory of neighbors by theft, war and genocide.
