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When a Cathedral Disappears
In the center of Stepanakert, the capital city Armenians call the heart of Artsakh, there once stood…
Recovering the University’s Soul | 2026 Neuhaus Lecture
In this episode, First Things brings you the recording of the 2026 Neuhaus Lecture presented by Bishop Robert…
Ordinary Means, Extraordinary Ends
Although I have been on loan to Notre Dame at the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government…
Confession Isn’t Therapy
Frequent confession was once normal—monthly, biweekly, or even weekly. But it became rarer among Catholics formed from…
Til Death Do Us Part
Marriages end in death. This isn’t news, but rarely is it foremost in the minds of the…
Repentance and Forgiveness in a Pornified Age
In 2012, one of us asked two dozen young conservative women in San Diego—most aged twenty-five to…
Disney Adulting (ft. Veronica Clarke)
In this episode, Veronica Clarke joins Germán and Virginia (who are subbing in for R. R. Reno)…
On Aliens and Our Alienation from God
The Department of War recently released dozens of files, dating back to the 1940s, of UFO sightings.…
The End of Princeton’s Honor
On Monday, the Princeton University faculty voted overwhelmingly to end the 133-year-old tradition of unproctored examinations. Princeton…
AI and the Miracle that Makes Us Human
It occurred to me recently, like a lit match in a black vault, that I’ve never been…
Doing Justice While Making Catholic Schools Affordable
Before joining what once imagined itself the world’s greatest deliberative body, U.S. senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) was…
Tennyson’s Poetic Faith
Richard Holmes’s new biography, The Boundless Deep, depicts how Alfred Lord Tennyson absorbed the scientific discoveries of…
The Devil Wears Prada 2 Celebrates Elitism
There is a scene in The Devil Wears Prada 2 in which Miranda Priestly, the eminent editor…
His Serene Holiness
Not since the 2018 Vatican-themed Met Gala had Catholics paid such close attention to fashion. When the…
Pope Leo’s Christocentric Vision
I have often remarked upon an odd occurrence. Frequently, in the Catholic press and even in scholarly…
