Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Greatness of Alexander
This biographical essay is excerpted from The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, by Allen…
A Forgotten Catholic Novelist
Though he is almost forgotten today, the Romantic novelist Francis Marion Crawford, a Catholic convert, outsold his…
Blessed Henri de Lubac?
On March 31, the bishops of France announced that they would petition the Holy See for permission…
Being Real
It’s Sunday afternoon in the dining hall. My fellow college students line long tables for lunch after…
Jesus As Political Cynic
In his recent “political life of Jesus,” I Judge No One, David Lloyd Dusenbury makes the arresting…
Prayer As Thought Crime
Stop and pray on the street in front of an abortion facility in England or Wales and…
Naaman, the Nazarenes, and the Germans
To vary Oscar Wilde, the Church’s liturgical life often imitates art by being strikingly appropriate to a…
Sharp Compassion
A History of Present Illnessby anna deforestrnrnlittle, brown and company, 176 pages, $25 Martin Luther had a…
A Tale of Two Student Protests
Many First Things readers are no doubt sadly aware of the disgusting treatment of federal judge Kyle…
AWOL Doctors at the Catholic Field Hospital
Pope Francis’s image of the Church as a “field hospital,” tending the wounded on today’s social and…
We’re All Jews Now
A few weeks ago, I was having dinner with some friends in Texas. The group, to use an…
Imagining a Heretical Cardinal
Imagine if a cardinal of the Catholic Church were to publish an article in which he condemned…
Strange Flesh. Strange Drink.
The February issue of First Things included an essay by Micah Mattix, “The Integrity of Poetry,” which…
A Bodily Faith
Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego recently published a long and provocative article in America magazine. It…
Cardinal Francis George: Simply Catholic
Glorifying Christ:The Life of Cardinal Francis E. George, O.M.I.by michael r. heinleinour sunday visitor press, 520 pages,…
