A portion of what we do at First Things is the Catholic thing, but obviously it’s also the Protestant thing, the Jewish thing, and the Islamic thing, too. But a new web-zine has just been launched focusing on—and appropriately titled— The Catholic Thing . You’ve probably noticed their sidebar ad to the right. Anyway, check it out every day for new commentary by Hadley P. Arkes, Jason Boffetti, George Marlin, Ralph McInerny, Michael Novak, Robert Royal, Austin Ruse, William L. Saunders, and Michael Uhlmann.
The Church in the Age of Therapy
In 1966, Philip Rieff wrote in The Triumph of the Therapeutic that “Religious man was born to…
Canada’s Deadliest Blind Spot
On September 20, the Daily Mail ran a story with the provocative headline, “Our 83-year-old Christian grandmother…
The Faithful Joy of Dolly Parton and Fulton Sheen
Dolly Parton and Fulton Sheen seem to have had little in common. She favored rhinestones; he wore…