The Dispatch
The Other Founding: The Blood of the Martyrs
This summer has led me on an unexpected pilgrimage related to the founding of the United States. I wrote previously about traveling some of the [...]
Listening Without Hearing: A Critique of Synodal Study Group 9 on Homosexuality
Analysis
Editor’s note: The following essay was penned by a participant in the Catholic apostolate of Courage. Author’s note: I did not read the official response by Courage International before writing this essay, and thus arrived at [...]
A Transformative Eucharistic Spirituality
Essay
Faced with the urgency of “safeguarding the dignity of the human person in the time of artificial intelligence,” Pope Leo addresses his encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, not only “to all the Catholic faithful,” but also “to all Christians [...]
Features
Bishop Barres, Catholic sisters sue New York over assisted suicide mandates
The bishop said “we will never submit” to “the culture of death” as the Catholic diocese and religious sisters argue that their faith prevents them from participating in physician-assisted suicide. […]
Features
“This constant sword hanging over”: Life as a religious minority in Pakistan
Blasphemy accusations in Pakistan have been a longstanding problem — one that became far worse in recent years. In 2024, there were reportedly more than 40 times as many cases as there were in 2020. [...]
Books
Odysseus and the Passage of Time
The Odyssey is one of the oldest and most lasting works in Western literature, so it’s no surprise that Christopher Nolan is the latest in a long line of people–authors, artists, and filmmakers–who seek to [...]
Chapp's Schtick
Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Two
In Part One of this essay on Dignitatis Humanae, I made the argument, following Tracey Rowland and Russel Hittinger, that DH should be read minimalistically as a simple affirmation that no person should be forcibly [...]
Analysis
Why the Center Cannot Hold
Christendom and the moral order of nations G. K. Chesterton once remarked that “it is impossible to have a nation without Christendom; as it is impossible to have a citizen without a city.”1 At first glance [...]
Essay
The Heavenward Schism of the SSPX
In second-century Phrygia, a group of spiritual Catholics—the Montanists—claimed a greater authority than the institutional Church. Montanus and his two prophetesses said they had new and direct revelations from God: The end was nigh, and [...]
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In Part One of this essay on Dignitatis Humanae, I made the argument, following Tracey Rowland and Russel Hittinger, that DH should be read minimalistically as a simple affirmation that no person should be forcibly [...] -
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“Indeed it is through chastity that we are gathered together and led back to the unity from which we were fragmented into multiplicity.” — Saint Augustine, Confessions (quoted in CCC 2340) “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by [...] -
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mrscracker:
I had a number of ancestors waiting in vain for property to be returned by the rebels. :)
Peter D. Beaulieu:
We read: "Several digital-rights groups are reportedly preparing separate challenges before France’s Council of State and the EU’s Court of…
meiron:
Solid. Thank you, CWR. The Sensus Fidei dissented to the 'Report of Study Group 9' from its dastardly release. We…
