The Dispatch
Pope Leo XIV urges diplomacy amid Iran tensions
Pope Leo XIV voiced concern on Sunday about developments in the Middle East and Iran, urging the parties involved to stop what he called a [...]
Pope Leo, the Joshua Tree, and the Paschal Mystery
Columns
I recently returned from delivering a lecture at the annual Los Angeles religious education congress and, as is my custom when possible, turned it into a “bring-a-kid-to-work” adventure. This time, my middle-school daughter and I [...]
The State of Our Divided Union
Essay
I was rather disappointed in the recent State of the Union address, but not for the reasons many readers might think. I believe that most Americans watched it the way one watches a meticulously overproduced [...]
Features
Pro-life activist questions inclusion of Candace Owens in speaker’s bureau
Amanda Achtman is a Canadian Catholic pro-life advocate. Ethics Director for Canadian Physicians for Life and founder of the Dying to Meet You project, Achtman has built a reputation for herself as an articulate and [...]
Features
“We need to know where we are going”: An interview with Bishop Erik Varden
Editor’s note: This interview, originally published at CWR on November 14, 2024, is reposted as an introduction to those readers who want to know more about Bishop Erik Varden, who has been leading the Lenten [...]
Essay
No, AI does not have human-level intelligence
In an article at Nature, Eddy Keming Chen, Mikhail Belkin, Leon Bergen, and David Danks ask, “Does AI already have human-level intelligence?” and claim that “the evidence is clear” that the answer is Yes. (Though the article [...]
Features
Actress and producer Siobhan Fallon Hogan reflects on faith, family, and film
You might not know the name Siobhan Fallon Hogan, but you almost certainly recognize her face. A prominent character actor for the last three decades, she has appeared in films including Forrest Gump, Only You, Men in Black, Holes, Daddy [...]
Essay
Saint Polycarp of Smyrna: Father of the Church and apostle to Protestants
Saint John Henry Newman (1801-1890) was not the first Protestant who decided to become a Catholic after reading the Fathers of the Church. And he’s not alone. The Coming Home Network, a group established to [...]
Features
Bishops continue to urge Notre Dame to reverse ‘scandalous’ appointment of pro-abortion professor
U.S. bishops are continuing to criticize the University of Notre Dame over its controversial decision to appoint a pro-abortion professor to lead a university institute. The school has been under sustained criticism since it announced [...]
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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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William:
Pope John Paul II urged W Bush to not invade Iraq. He was right.
The Pitchfork Rebel:
"The Shiite Mullahs are fanatics" Which is just one reason this is a stupid and perilous venture. Other than the…
meiron:
Early on, Mordecai Noah supported Andrew Jackson. Although not pro-slavery, Jackson owned plantations and owned slaves to work them. Jackson…
