The Dispatch
St Romuald’s life is a witness to prayer, sacrifice, and love of God
On June 19th, the Church celebrates the founder of a religious community that may not be very well known in the United States. St Romuald [...]
The challenge of applying Catholic social teaching
Columns
Christ told Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world, which, he had prophesied, was doomed to end in catastrophe. He lived without worldly ties: without a job, wife, children, steady source of income, [...]
AI Humans and the Real Limits of Machines
Features
I read recently in The Atlantic Monthly that artificial intelligence firms are hiring and paying big salaries to philosophers to help them think through the issues facing the developers of AI. They can send me a check, [...]
Books
Second volume of Justice Scalia biography portrays a unique “founder”
The founding of America was not a single event. It was a process that began long before the documents that broke us away from Great Britain and the documents that established our government. Long before [...]
Analysis
Consequential Consistorial Connections
Several topics will be discussed at the consistory of cardinals called by Pope Leo XIV for June 26-29: the international situation and its effects on local Churches; key themes in the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas; the [...]
Features
How the Female Imagination is Being Corrupted
Beatrice Scudeler’s recent essay on the Public Discourse about Gen Z women and the internet fascination with “men who yearn” exposes a rather inconvenient truth for a culture that has spent sixty years telling women [...]
Essay
Fr. Rossetti, Cardinal McElroy, and the case of unidentified ecclesiastical motives
In a video released May 29, now-former exorcist of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C., Msgr. Stephen Rossetti (a priest of Syracuse, New York) described his opinion on the phenomenon of UFOs and their possible connection [...]
Features
U.S. bishops consecrate nation to Sacred Heart of Jesus
The bishops entrusted the nation to the love and care of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to accompany the country’s 250th anniversary. […]
Essay
The strength of Jimmy Lai and the weakness of Emperor Xi
At his May summit in Beijing, President Trump made an effort to convince Chinese leader Xi Jinping to release Jimmy Lai from his imprisonment in Hong Kong. Jimmy, whom I am honored to call a [...]
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Christ told Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world, which, he had prophesied, was doomed to end in catastrophe. He lived without worldly ties: without a job, wife, children, steady source of income, [...] -
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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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Br. Jaques:
Given Bishop Strickland ‘s current status in the Church, I don’t understand why his opinion matters.
Elias Galy:
Is THAT what SSPX zoned in on in "negotiations" with Holy See? In other words SSPX deliberations with Holy See…
mrscracker:
Declining enrollment is a real concern not just for parochial schools but for public as well. Falling birthrates affect enrollment…
