The Dispatch
In thanksgiving for the gift of baptism
Three-quarters of a century ago, on April 29, 1951, I was baptized by Father Thomas Love, SJ, in Baltimore’s Church of Saints Philip and James. [...]
The SSPX is now on a clear and direct collision course with Rome
Chapp's Schtick
The Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), Fr. Davide Pagliarani, has recently given a lengthy interview in which he lays out his case for why the Society is justified in defying [...]
On Colorado’s continuing assault on religious liberty
Analysis
If it’s a day that ends in “y,” the State of Colorado has probably passed another law hostile to free speech and religious liberty. And the state’s persistent animus toward Christianity has been keeping the [...]
Books
A new history of the unrecognized martyrs of the Christian militia orders
When it comes to saints who were also soldiers, the list is relatively short. There is St. Louis IX, the medieval king of France, who fundraised and led two crusades against the Muslim kingdom in [...]
Essay
Seeing Woman through the Eyes of Gertrud von le Fort
Editor’s note: This essay was delivered as an address on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at the Symposium on Transforming Culture, Benedictine College, Atchison, KS. “The hand that rocks the cradle”, “The power behind the throne”—both [...]
Editorial
Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love
“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 [...]
Features
“You are not alone,” Pope Leo XIV assures prisoners during visit to Batá prison
(CWR, Yaoundé) On Wednesday, Pope Leo XVI visited a prison in Equatorial Guinea’s capital city of Batá, and offered words of comfort to inmates who might be tempted to view their lives as worthless. Under [...]
Books
“God is alive and well in the modern medical center”
The medical profession naturally involves encountering people at their most vulnerable and dealing with some of the most profound suffering that humans face. But it can also be an experience of profound joy, as when [...]
Essay
Justice Scalia’s Faith
On Antonin Scalia’s first day of Catholic education, an expatriate of the New York City public-school system arriving as a freshman at Xavier High School in Manhattan in September 1949, he beheld a most unusual [...]
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The Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), Fr. Davide Pagliarani, has recently given a lengthy interview in which he lays out his case for why the Society is justified in defying [...] -
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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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Michel Morisset:
Bénie sois Dieu Maintenant et toujours car il est Alpha et L'oméga Amen
Pew Sitter:
Bp Barron has it right. "Prudential judgement" can only be done by those who have detailed knowledge of the circumstances,…
Dan A:
Not relevant to note whether you would dialogue with them or not. The SSPX did not "manufacture" the issues in…
