Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Squandering Moral Capital
The morality of tyrannicide is not much discussed in today’s kinder, gentler Catholic Church. Yet that difficult…
Sin Aboundeth
The story of offshore finance is a familiar one. Individuals or companies want to avoid taxes, fines,…
Nothing About Us Without Us
The slogan “Nothing about us without us” was used by Solidarity in the 1980s in Poland, borrowing…
A Dismal Tradition
Readers of First Things will already know of the recent senatorial attacks on judicial nominees for their…
Lay Collaboration and Episcopal Authority
The Vatican is a hotbed of rumor, gossip, and speculation at the best of times—and these times…
False Counsel at Fordham
Shortly before my freshman year at Fordham University, I came out to my parents and close friends.…
Friendly Fire
A year that began with the Holy Father performing a quick wedding on a plane in Chile…
Baptizing the Spirit of the Age
The Church of England recently released a document of “pastoral” guidelines for performing an “Affirmation of Baptismal…
A Tough Year Ahead
2018 was a bad year for Catholics. 2019 is almost certainly going to be worse. Good reason,…
The Pope and the Lord’s Prayer
On November 15 the Italian Bishops’ Conference announced that it plans to change the wording of the…
Soho Pilgrimage: A Christmas Meditation
Advent and Christmastide are full of journeys and pilgrimages: Mary goes to Judea to visit Elizabeth. Mary…
The Jewels of England
When visiting the southern United States, I have occasionally been amused to hear the Civil War described…
The Making of My Ántonia
This year marks the centenary of Willa Cather’s My Ántonia, and we can thank Viola Roseboro for…
Advent Arrow
St. Bernard of Clairvaux famously explained that there are three comings of the Lord. He comes on…
Pope Francis’s Warning
Pope Francis’s famous 2013 exhortation at a World Youth Day gathering in Rio de Janeiro,“¡Hagan lío!” (“Make…
