Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Challenge of Eucharistic Coherence
In his encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia, Pope St. John Paul II invited Catholics to “rekindle” our sense…
Equality Running Wild
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Ryszard Legutko joins the…
Inaugural Reflections on American Renewal
Thanks to the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol by a mob, some of whose…
The Bad Boy of American Fiction
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Carl Rollyson joins the…
Fr. Maciej Zięba, O.P. (1954–2020)
A wretched year came to a sorrowful end when Father Maciej Zięba, O.P., died in his native…
Biden’s Promise to Codify Roe
It is finally settled that Joseph Biden will become president of the United States on January 20…
George Saunders on Story
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on…
Biden’s Leftward Drift on Abortion
When announcing his public health team a few weeks ago, President-elect Joe Biden mangled the pronunciation of…
A Conversation with the Editor
Dear Reader, I want to share with you the following interview from December 17. This year of…
Remembering Fr. Reginald Foster (1939–2020)
On December 25, shortly after midnight, while Catholics all over the Midwest were attending midnight mass, Fr.…
First Things is a Beacon
What happens to a young left-wing activist after she leaves college? She has served in student government, organized…
Death of a Spy
After the death of John le Carré was announced a few days ago, a friend asked me…
Making God Real
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Tanya Marie Luhrmann joins the…
The Jealous God of Chanukah
I sometimes think that the hardest part of Judaism is its regimen of self-improvement. Moderate your appetites—no…
The Tragedy of Transhood
The fight to legalize same-sex marriage in America was a decades-long culture war. The transgender revolution has…