Those demeaning John Paul’s intellectual and moral heroism in a lame attempt to defend the Liquid Catholicism that has proven an evangelical failure everywhere are examples of intellectual exhaustion and evangelical cowardice in the face of woke cultural aggression. Continue Reading »
The Rainbow Reich and its agenda of cultural deregulation is the natural partner to the most ambitious programs of economic deregulation, which is why corporate American embraces it. Both destroy protections of the weakest and most vulnerable in the name of “freedom.” Continue Reading »
In Putin’s proposal, the transcendent dimension of religion is absorbed by the political, reversing the primacy of religion over politics that has always characterized the spiritual tradition of the Christian West. Continue Reading »
Being a committed reader of First Things is a social, intellectual, and spiritual discipline that bears tremendous fruit. Continue Reading »
Setting debates about the virtues and vices of the TLM aside, Cardinal Gregory’s decision will have serious, real-world consequences for parochial life in D.C. Continue Reading »
There can be no lasting concordat, no real peace treaty, between a genuinely holy people and Church on the one hand, and a world of material excess, destructive sexuality, exploitation of the poor, and industrial-scale homicide of unborn children on the other. Continue Reading »
Why are we so often embarrassed by the distinctive claims that have been made by Christians since the beginning of the Church? How did we get here? Continue Reading »
As a young First Things reader, I found it both consoling and inspiring to be part of a community of people who believed, as I did, that the Christian faith is both beautiful and true. Continue Reading »
The Holy Father says that he wants the Church to be a listening Church. If so, then he should be listening to a wide variety of voices in the U.S. before making claims that there are a significant number of Catholics in this country who reject Vatican II. Continue Reading »
Medical procedures that would have been unconscionable fifty years ago are happening all around us. The medical profession may never recover from its complicity in the mutilation of young people. Continue Reading »
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