Arts & Letters
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Existential Slapstick in The Banshees of Inisherin
In his films, director Martin McDonagh takes the kitschified, cliched landscape of Ireland and hands it back…
Homosexuality and Hatred
Two prominent American priests recently made important statements that indicate an attempt to shift the Catholic discussion…
Adventures in Reading
Before Austen Comes Aesop: The Children’s Great Books and How to Experience Themby cheri blomquistignatius, 272 pages,…
A Divine Comedy We Can Feel in the Pulse
English is a wonderfully weird language with a huge vocabulary, but one with distinct “registers.” I am…
Benedict and Pell
One was a small, shy, introverted figure, who in old age looked as though a strong breeze…
Letters from Rome: #3
The End of an Era, the Temper of the Man When the Church solemnly commits Pope Emeritus…
What Benedict Saw
Through successive waves of “downsizing,” and painful parting with many treasured books, I have carefully retained one…
Benedict XVI, Disciple
Pope Benedict XVI, after a long and productive life in service to Christ and the Church, has…
Return to the Classics
An astonishing thing is happening at traditional, faith-based colleges. While national college enrollment has decreased by 13…
The Mortal Longing After Loveliness
When Xerxes, king of Persia, was on the march,He met a beauty, marvelous and fair,And hung her…
My Madness
My brother Peter was a wondrous boy, the youngest, brightest, and bounciest of three kids: IQ 165,…
2022: Our Year in Books
We asked some of our writers to contribute a paragraph about the most memorable books they read…
First Things Is Good for the Jews
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Mary, the Church, Christmas, and Jimmy Lai
Now, on Christmas Day, the nine months have been fulfilled. What began on the day of Annunciation…
A Cornucopia of Life
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