Mother Teresa, Ineffective Altruist

by The Editors

The First Things Podcast, Episode 8. Also featuring: burkini bombshells in France and saints named Teresa in literature. Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2016 0

Dottore della Chiesa subito!

by Br. Michael Baggot

Surveying the Pope Emeritus’s life and works, it is difficult to think of any other Catholic thinker who so profoundly shaped the Church’s theology since the Second Vatican Council. The heroic diligence, courage, and humility with which he exercised his pastoral vocation indicates that sanctity infused the actions of an intellectual giant worthy of the title Doctor of the Church. Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2016 0

Feasting with St. Thomas

by Robert P. Imbelli

Thomas Joseph White contends that many modern Christologies, by scanting ontological reflection, lack sufficient resources to undergird the New Testament confession of Christ’s uniqueness and its elaboration in the Church’s creedal and conciliar Tradition. Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2016 0

A word of congratulations to The New Criterion

by R. R. Reno

Congratulations on 35 years of exemplary cultural leadership. A responsible, discerning critic builds culture by extolling the good, the excellent, the beautiful, and the true, as well as by censuring the corrupt, the base, the ugly, and the trivial. Since its founding in 1982, The New Criterion . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Sep 2016 0

Hindenburg’s Bathing Suit and the Burkini Ban

by Elliot Milco

The choice of clothing is a form of social communication, by which one can (for better or worse) say something about the order of one’s life. Continue Reading »

1 Sep 2016 0

Why Pro-Trump Evangelicals Should Remember the Remnant

by Joseph Sunde

There will come a time when spiritual priorities diverge from political platforms. Sometimes our job is simply to keep and cultivate the light for those darker days when society has truly gone to the dogs. Continue Reading »

1 Sep 2016 0

Interview: Religious Liberty At The Present Time

by Mark Movsesian

First Things presents an interview by Mark Bauerlein with legal scholar Mark Movsesian, on the topic of church-state relations—the state of play, and the future. Watch the video here or read the transcript provided below. Continue Reading »

31 Aug 2016 0

Sex Negative

by Carl R. Trueman

The selfish sexual reductionism of the “ethical non-monogamy community” is anything but positive in its attitude to sex. Continue Reading »

31 Aug 2016 0

An Unplanned Pilgrimage

by Sr. Alicia Torres

We were among those mourning a tragic loss. Yet, as we sought to comfort them, we recognized that they were filled with hope because Jesus was still in their midst. Continue Reading »

30 Aug 2016 0

A Pastoral Approach

by Rocco Buttiglione

A father knows he should be at times severe and at times merciful, if he wants to educate his son and accompany him toward full human and Christian maturity. Continue Reading »

29 Aug 2016 0