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Letters from Rome 2025, No. 4—The Papal Interregnum
Successor . . . to Whom? by George Weigel In the first days of discussion in the…
Song of Thanksgiving
On the cover of Nicholas Chong’s new book, The Catholic Beethoven, the skies are blue. That in…
The First Things Conclave
Who should be the next pope? Below are the nominations of First Things editors and contributors, some…
Letters from Rome 2025, No. 3—The Papal Interregnum
Along the Tiber: Lessons from the Past for the Present by Francis X. Maier “It’s a perfect…
Francis and Following
The editors discuss Pope Francis, whose twelve-year pontificate ended with his death on Easter Monday. Then the…
The Last Modern Pope
Who am I to judge? More and more, the earth, our home, seems to resemble an immense…
Letters from Rome 2025, No. 2—The Papal Interregnum
A Prayer for the Church of the Near Future by Cardinal Camillo Ruini Cardinal Camillo Ruini, born…
Letters from Rome 2025, No. 1—The Papal Interregnum
Welcome to Letters from Rome 2025, which continues a tradition of “theological journalism” begun almost a decade…
Pope Francis, Trad Icon
The early years of Pope Francis’s reign coincided with an HBO show about a young, chain-smoking pontiff…
The Problem with Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints
Fox Nation’s docudrama series Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints, which has been running intermittently since mid-November, aired the…
Pope Francis and the Vatican Deep State
When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio became pope in March 2013, it seemed promising that he was from what…
Retrospect on a Pontificate
During the March 2013 interregnum following the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI, and in the conclave itself,…
Pope of Ambiguity
One of the constants of the Franciscan pontificate was the favor with which he was treated by…
The World’s Spiritual Director
Pope Francis died early Easter Monday, less than twelve hours after the last evening Masses had been…
The Bible’s Forgotten Women
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Mary E. DeMuth joins…
