Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Fackenheim’s Law and the Current Catholic Crisis
The medieval Jewish sage Maimonides counted 613 commandments, or mitzvot, in the Law that God gave his…
Lo, I Am With You Always
When I was a boy, my parish priest was a child molester. This was more than 15…
Fathers, Help Us
Four years ago I pleaded with the princes of the Church, asking them not to change Catholic…
A Crisis of Infidelity
At the heart of the recent Catholic scandals is infidelity—literally the lack of faith. There are priests,…
The End of the Imperial Episcopate
The Empire—in all its forms—is long gone. Christendom is dead. The Church is reeling from grave scandal,…
Why Men Like Me Should Not Be Priests
I am the sort of man the Catholic Church says shouldn’t be a priest. I experience what…
Cleansing the Church of Clerical Sacrilege
It is time for clergy and laity to begin a movement for the purification of the Church.…
A Failing Episcopal Establishment
We are witnessing the collapse of the episcopal establishment in the United States. In one sense, the…
The Current Crisis
The outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War caused the premature suspension of the First Vatican Council on October…
An Appeal to the Cardinals of the Catholic Church
Pope Francis has revised the Catechism of the Catholic Church to read, “the death penalty is inadmissible…
On Hot Takes and Hohenstaufen Emperors
In this series, the First Things junior fellows share mini-essays on their current reading endeavors. Ramona TauszAssistant Editor Prior…
WYD-1993: The Turning Point
On this twenty-fifth anniversary of World Youth Day in Denver, I can’t help sharing one of my…
An Open Letter from Young Catholics
Archbishop McCarrick’s predatory career would not have been possible without the culpable silence or active complicity of…
Providential Transfiguration
On August 6, 1964, the Feast of the Transfiguration, Pope Paul VI issued his first encyclical, Ecclesiam…
Pope Francis and Capital Punishment
In a move that should surprise no one, Pope Francis has once again appeared to contradict two…
