Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Church’s Answer to the World (ft. Carter Griffin)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Fr. Carter Griffin…
Undermining the Church’s Public Witness
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki recently wrote in these pages that the Archdiocese of Chicago’s plan to grant…
The Essential Newman
I first read St. John Henry Newman in 1985, when I was a graduate student at Yale.…
Pope and Parliament
The editors discuss Great Britain’s assisted suicide bill, Pope Leo’s first major interview, and Charlie Kirk’s memorial…
Catholics and Gender Ideology
In this raw, emotionally overwrought moment in our public life, few topics generate more passion than gender…
Sen. Durbin Is Unfit to Receive Any Catholic Honor
I was shocked to learn that the Archbishop of Chicago, Blase Cardinal Cupich, plans to bestow a…
Mercy, Yes, But Justice Too
Sometimes we hope desperately that our predictions are wrong. Fourteen years ago, I suggested that it was…
Carlo Acutis’s Simple Faith
I write these words on pilgrimage in the beautiful Italian town of Assisi, home to Sts. Francis,…
No, DEI Does Not Mean God
According to Washington auxiliary bishop Roy Campbell, Catholics should stand up for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion—DEI—because DEI…
Pius XII’s Vindication (ft. Michael Knowles)
In the first episode of While We’re At It, a brand new interview series with First Things…
Enjoyably Evangelical
Not many people need to write an autobiography—especially not philosophy professors. Not many people who take the…
The Torchbearer of Thomism
On August 28, the French Dominican theologian Jean-Pierre Torrell (1927–2025) died at age ninety-eight in Fribourg, Switzerland.…
The Forgotten Priestless Counties of Rural America
“What do the members of your religious community think about the Traditional Latin Mass?” As I’ve traveled…
Bishop Martin Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
Until a few weeks ago, students attending Mass in the chapel of Charlotte Catholic High School in…
Praying Well at the End of the World
Early in the book, Fr. Donald Haggerty complains about the summertime crowds of tourists who pass through…
