The Dispatch
The Donatist Comeback
My Lenten reading has included an interesting, if somewhat odd, book about the greatest of the Latin Fathers of the Church: Augustine the African by Catherine Conybeare, [...]
Introducing Communio Theology: An interview with Tracey Rowland
Books
Tracey Rowland holds the St. John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame (Australia). She received her PhD from the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, and her STL and STD [...]
Cardinal Newman: Doctor of Catholic Education, Part Two
Essay
Editor’s note: The following is Part Two of an address given to The Thomistic Institute of Fordham University on February 26, 2026 (read Part One). 3. Does a Catholic university have a distinctive curriculum? John Paul [...]
Columns
Incarnate Transcendence in an Age of Transhumanist Counterfeits
It’s no secret that we are inhabiting a moment in which digitalization is reshaping our world at an unprecedented pace. Day by day, screens, algorithms, and infrastructures of virtual reality are becoming the dominant frame [...]
Features
The Gift of Down Syndrome
Today is the best of all times to be born with Down Syndrome, and the worst of all times. In the United States, some 76 percent of children diagnosed with the genetic disorder in utero [...]
Features
An unprecedented papal visit approaches in Saint Augustine’s homeland
The Vatican has announced that, as part of his upcoming African tour, Pope Leo XIV will visit Algeria on April 13-15. No acting pontiff has ever visited Algeria, a former stronghold of ancient Christianity whose [...]
Essay
The Lenten fast of St. Patrick atop Ireland’s holy mountain
As Catholics, we celebrate the saints for their heroic witness to our Christian Faith. Each saint has a day on the Church calendar, which typically falls on the date of death, known as their dies [...]
Essay
“Lived Experience” and Moral Tradition: Rivals or Partners?
One question facing Pope Leo XIV will be whether to advance the “new paradigm” for moral theology proposed by Pope Francis and some of his advisors in recent years. In 2016, in Chapter 8 of [...]
Features
Young Catholic men discuss the state of dating and relationships today
As a married Gen-Xer, with kids, who’s been out of the dating world for almost two decades, I wanted to get some insight into how young men are faring in meeting a potential mate. Healthy [...]
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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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The Pitchfork Rebel:
Is it a requirement to be an apostate or heretic to be a Cardinal in Europe? How's the Episcopal Church…
Peter D. Beaulieu:
We read: "The archbishop of Luxembourg, who previously described himself as more conservative on the question, said his views had…
LJ:
Yet another radical Bishop who mistakes himself for the Pope. As a woman myself, I think women need to butt…
