Dwight Longenecker

Greenville

Contributing Writer at National Catholic Register

Evangelical home, then Oxford and an Anglican priest, now Catholic priest, blogger, husband, dad, read my autobiography "There and Back Again"

Articles

The Real Legacy of Pope Francis

1 week ago | lewrockwell.com | Dwight Longenecker

Now that the papacy of Jorge Mario Bergoglio is behind us, it is worth not only assessing his papacy but also the papacy itself. While conservative Catholics criticized Francis’ doctrinal ambiguity, his watered-down moral teaching, and his support for compromised prelates, it is only fair to ask ourselves what his motivations were. I think they can be summed up in his rejection of the mozzetta before his first appearance that evening of March 13, 2013.
Fr. Dwight Longenecker: The Real Legacy of Pope Francis

1 week ago | brownpelicanla.com | Dwight Longenecker

Now that the papacy of Jorge Mario Bergoglio is behind us, it is worth not only assessing his papacy but also the papacy itself. While conservative Catholics criticized Francis’ doctrinal ambiguity, his watered-down moral teaching, and his support for compromised prelates, it is only fair to ask ourselves what his motivations were. I think they can be summed up in his rejection of the mozzetta before his first appearance that evening of March 13, 2013.
The Real Legacy of Pope Francis

1 week ago | crisismagazine.com | Dwight Longenecker

Now that the papacy of Jorge Mario Bergoglio is behind us, it is worth not only assessing his papacy but also the papacy itself. While conservative Catholics criticized Francis’ doctrinal ambiguity, his watered-down moral teaching, and his support for compromised prelates, it is only fair to ask ourselves what his motivations were. I think they can be summed up in his rejection of the mozzetta before his first appearance that evening of March 13, 2013.
Why We Need a Pope From Africa

2 weeks ago | lewrockwell.com | Dwight Longenecker

Why We Need a Pope From Africa By Fr. Dwight Longenecker Crisis Magazine As the cardinals gather in conclave, one of the questions on our minds is how the global Church can grow in unity. Francis’ pontificate aggravated deep differences between tradition and progress, between the developed world and the global south, and between continuity and innovation.
Why We Need a Pope From Africa - Crisis Magazine

3 weeks ago | crisismagazine.com | Dwight Longenecker

By Fr. Dwight Longenecker - The Catholic Church needs to look to the African continent to lead us through the present and coming challenges assailing our faith. Here’s why.
Fr. Dwight Longenecker: Why We Need a Pope From Africa

3 weeks ago | brownpelicanla.com | Dwight Longenecker

As the cardinals gather in conclave, one of the questions on our minds is how the global Church can grow in unity. Francis’ pontificate aggravated deep differences between tradition and progress, between the developing world and the global south, and between continuity and innovation.
Tolkien’s Faith

3 weeks ago | catholiceducation.org | Dwight Longenecker |John Cuddeback |George Weigel

The interminable Tolkien industry has churned out blockbuster feature films, television series, commentaries, critiques, essays and analysis. Numerous biographies have dissected his life, his friendship with C.S. Lewis, and his continuing legacy. The influence of Tolkien’s Catholic faith on his great saga has been observed and analyzed, but no single volume has used Tolkien’s Catholic faith as the sole lens through which to view his life.
The Reality of the Resurrection

3 weeks ago | theimaginativeconservative.org | Dwight Longenecker

Too often we Christians have given in to the temptation to sanitize the crucifixion and sentimentalize the resurrection. But the resurrection was not, at first, a cause for rejoicing, but the source of fear—soul-shaking, knee-knocking, heart-pounding, earth-quaking fear. One of the good things about Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ is the gore. He has not sanitized the torture and execution of Jesus Christ. After doing the research, Mel Gibson said, if anything he toned it down.
Behold the Lamb of God

1 month ago | catholicdigest.com | Dwight Longenecker

At the very heart of the Catholic Mass, the priest turns to the people and lifts up the chalice and consecrated bread that has become the body and blood of Christ. He repeats the words of St. John the Baptist when he saw Jesus coming to him at the Jordan River: “Behold, the Lamb of God” (John 1:29). These few words contain within them a vast and fascinating history that looks both back with thanks and forward with hope.
The Poetry and Particularity of Mary

1 month ago | theimaginativeconservative.org | Dwight Longenecker

At the Annunciation, in a room in Nazareth, the fresh innocence of Eve is recapitulated, but in a new configuration. This is the nature of creation: that all things general, to become real, must become particular. It should therefore not come as a surprise that God Himself should also take particular flesh from a particular girl on a particular morning in March. Writing poetry makes one aware of words—how does the rhythm implicate and replicate emotion?