Catholicism
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Catholic Education Spreads the Word
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Richard T. Meyer joins…
A Christian Faith Worthy of the Name
Christ Brings All Newness: Essays, Reviews, and Reflections by robert p. imbelli, edited with an introduction by…
Choking on Rights Talk
In her prescient book Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse, Mary Ann Glendon of the Harvard…
The Pope and Other Religions
Pope Francis has the habit, by now well established, of saying things that leave listeners confused and…
Canceled in China
Hallow, the prayer app that debuted in 2018, is one of the most popular spiritual tools on…
Candace Owens Doesn’t Speak for Catholics
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
My hands were shaky a quarter-century ago as I carried the heavy box from the front door…
Renewing Labor
Conservatives have placed a new spotlight on the policy and politics of work. In his VP acceptance…
On Distinguishing Justice and Vengeance
For Peru, the 1980s were an ugly time. Shining Path, a Maoist terror group, was in full…
“Sinicization” Is Not Inculturation
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
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has picked Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate. Walz…
The Black Hole of Sin
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
Is the Second Vatican Council receding in the church’s rearview mirror? Has the Francis pontificate raised new…
Why First Things Is A Nonprofit
I’d like to thank everyone who advanced the mission and work of First Things during our Spring…
Paul, the Christian Socrates
Paul’s apology before the court of the Areopagus (Acts 17) has been held up as a master…