Jimmy and the Patriarch, at Christmas

by George Weigel

Christmas begins the journey to the Cross and Easter, and celebrating the martyrs during the Christmas Octave drives this point home.  Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2024 0

A Journal of Timeless Insight

by Jacob Akey

First Things’ past signals a prescient, provocative future. Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2024 0

Luigi Mangione and the Glamour of Evil

by Charlotte Allen

The handcuffed Mangione, for his part, clean-shaven and wearing his orange jail jumpsuit with neatly belted panache, looked like a martyr. He looked like Jesus Christ being led to Pontius Pilate. Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2024 0

For Christian Civilization

by Peter J. Leithart

Jesus did die, and rise, and ascend to be King of kings and to fulfill the geopolitical promise to Abraham: “In your seed all the families of the earth will be blessed.” Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2024 0

Anna Is Our Advent Model

by Hans Boersma

God wants us to become more truly like Anna, so he can give us the gift of the consolation of Israel.  Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2024 0

What They’re Saying

by Carter Skeel

We asked the authors of our 2024 Year-End Campaign books to share a bit about why First Things matters to them. Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2024 0

The Coup Against Romania's Trumpian Turn

by Titus Techera

Today’s Romanian populism is the creature of technological and economic transformations ushered in by that American Cold War victory.  Continue Reading »

19 Dec 2024 0

Taking God Seriously

by Frank DeVito

First Things continues to stand out as a uniquely beautiful and necessary publication for our culture.  Continue Reading »

18 Dec 2024 0

Embassy Vatican: Some Demystifications

by George Weigel

Must the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See be a Catholic? No. Continue Reading »

18 Dec 2024 0

Advent from a Prison Cell

by Francis X. Maier

In the time remaining to us in Advent 2024, we can at least choose to use that time well. Read Alfred Delp. Continue Reading »

17 Dec 2024 0