The Dispatch
The Catholic Church has a lot to say about Labor Day — why?
“All work, no matter what the work is, is essential,” said Father Sinclair Oubre, spiritual moderator of the Catholic Labor Network. […]
Labor Unions, the Church, AI, and Magnifica Humanitas
Analysis
Humanity has always struggled with authority and trust. Rather than recognizing God as the author of all creation and choosing to avoid evil and do good in freedom, even we believers try to tell God [...]
From the archives: “Mother changed my life”: Friends remember Mother Teresa
Features
Editor’s note: This piece was posted originally on August 29, 2016, leading up to the September 6, 2016, canonization of Mother Teresa. It is reposted here on the tenth anniversary of that event. Pope Francis [...]
Essay
Benedict the Outlier?
Was Pope Benedict XVI an “outlier”? That is the view of Mike Lewis on the liturgical views of Pope Benedict XVI. Writing at “Where Peter Is,” Lewis casts Ratzinger–before, during, and after his pontificate–as an [...]
Essay
Making sense of the surreal storm of the support for Lindsay Clancy
Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother charged with murdering her three young children, had become a rallying point for thousands of women who believed she was the true victim. During her trial, more than 300 women [...]
Chapp's Schtick
In defense of moral agency and the necessary pursuit of holiness
The biblical narrative of redemption is rendered pointless and ultimately incomprehensible in a culture that has been bleached of a real sense of the importance of moral agency—the ability to choose freely right and wrong, [...]
Features
The Church cannot declare war on Latin Mass devotees, Cardinal Robert Sarah says
The cardinal praised Pope Benedict’s 2007 decision to allow the faithful greater access to the Latin Mass but called Pope Francis’ 2021 decision to restrict it neither “sensible” nor “respectful.” […]
Columns
Putting Down Roots: Care for Creation Begins Close to Home
I know better than to declare victory before the summer is over, but this has been the first year in quite a while that our pumpkin, watermelon, and cantaloupe vines have all made it through [...]
Essay
No Reconciliation without Contrition and Confession
It was highly amusing for me to read the comments to my “Winnowing Weasel Words” piece, recently published by CWR. First, I was described as an American, and then, when the editor pointed out that [...]
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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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The Pitchfork Rebel:
This occurred shortly after her St. Gianna's Beatification in 1994.
Knowall:
HR. Sigh.
