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I have few memories of the Church before Pope Francis. There were some conspiratorial warnings at a Baptist summer camp; the First Communion of a family friend was, for...

Last year, a week before Thanksgiving, a homeless man stabbed three people to death in Manhattan. The morning spree was random—not the result of a drug deal or premeditated...

I first discovered First Things in my college library’s collection of back issues (below FEMS Microbes, above Foreign Affairs). Now, as a junior fellow, one of my many tasks is...