The Dispatch
The Transfiguration: Gospel to the Dead
An excerpt from Frank Sheed’s To Know Christ Jesus. […]
Frank Sheed
The Dispatch
The “sheer contradiction” of the miracle of the loaves and fishes
On the Readings for Sunday, July 29, 2018 […]
Features
Son of converts, baptized by Fulton Sheen: An interview with Bishop John Barres
Bishop John Barres, 63, has served as Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York (Long Island) since January 2017. He was born in the New York City suburb of Larchmont in 1960; his parents were former […]
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Providence, Prosperity, and Purpose
On the Readings for Sunday, June 17, 2018 […]
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The texture of Irish sanctity
Are certain qualities common among the saints of certain nations? To ask the question might seem to undermine the very universality of sanctity. Are some nations’ saints more courageous than others? Do the saints of […]
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The Coronavirus and Sitting Quietly in a Room Alone
Blaise Pascal said, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” The great seventeenth-century philosopher thought that most of us, most of the time, distract ourselves from what […]
Editorial
Catholics aren’t obsessed with sex—they are obsessed with life
There seems little doubt, at this point, that 2018 is going to witness yet another great clash over Paul VI’s encyclical—arguably the most contested and […]
Carl’s Cuts
Carl’s Cuts: Hefner the Modern Man, filial corrections, uncomfortable and out-of-bounds topics
And don’t forget some poetry from Chaucer and a classy new jazz cut. […]