Catholicism

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Catholic Education Spreads the Word

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Richard T. Meyer joins…

A Christian Faith Worthy of the Name

Thomas G. Guarino

Christ Brings All Newness: Essays, Reviews, and Reflections by robert p. imbelli, edited with an introduction by…

Choking on Rights Talk

George Weigel

In her prescient book Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse, Mary Ann Glendon of the Harvard…

The Pope and Other Religions

Charles J. Chaput

Pope Francis has the habit, by now well established, of saying things that leave listeners confused and…

Canceled in China

George Weigel

Hallow, the prayer app that debuted in 2018, is one of the most popular spiritual tools on…

Candace Owens Doesn’t Speak for Catholics

Andrew Doran

Candace Owens, a Catholic convert and former pundit at the Daily Wire, has come under fire for anti-Semitic rhetoric,…

Witness to Hope, Twenty-Five Years Later

George Weigel

My hands were shaky a quarter-century ago as I carried the heavy box from the front door…

Renewing Labor

Jonathan Berry

Conservatives have placed a new spotlight on the policy and politics of work. In his VP acceptance…

On Distinguishing Justice and Vengeance

Francis X. Maier

For Peru, the 1980s were an ugly time. Shining Path, a Maoist terror group, was in full…

“Sinicization” Is Not Inculturation

George Weigel

Inculturation” has been a Catholic buzzword for over a half-century. It’s not the most elegant neologism, smacking…

VP Nominee Tim Walz Supports the Right to Infanticide

Charles C. Camosy

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has picked Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate. Walz…

The Black Hole of Sin

Peter J. Leithart

The Adversaryby michael crummeyharper, 336 pages, $21.79 Michael Crummey introduces his 2023 novel, The Adversary, with two epigrams.…

The Future of The Catholic Church

Various

Is the Second Vatican Council receding in the church’s rearview mirror? Has the Francis pontificate raised new…

Why First Things Is A Nonprofit

R. R. Reno

I’d like to thank everyone who advanced the mission and work of First Things during our Spring…

Paul, the Christian Socrates

Peter J. Leithart

Paul’s apology before the court of the Areopagus (Acts 17) has been held up as a master…