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It’s a cliché to say that Steven Spielberg played an essential role in my life, partly because he did for so many people. More than any saint or historic. The post The World That Spielberg Made appeared first on First Things
At their Florida meeting on June 10–12, the American Catholic bishops will vote on proposed revisions to the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, colloquially known. The post Will the Dallas Charter Update Finally Give Priests Due Process? appeared first on First Things
The first encyclical letter of Pope Leo XIV has been engaged widely on its substance, but its manner of presentation was also noteworthy—and likely contributed to how much attention. The post The Calculated Spectacle Behind Magnifica Humanitas appeared first on First Things
In this episode, Sam Zeno Conedera joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his recent review, “Ratzinger in the Whirlwind” from the May 2026 issue. The post The Church of Ratzinger (ft. Sam Zeno Conedera) appeared first on First Things
What Really Matters:Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Familyby timothy goegleinwith craig ostenfidelis publishing, 264 pages, $28 A well-ordered culture is like an orchid in these two respects:. The post The Long Work of Restoration appeared first on First Things
We live, writes Italian economist Luigino Bruni in his The Economy of Salvation, in an exhausted age in which “words are tired” and “worn out,” when “old things have. The post The Genesis of Economics appeared first on First Things
The Saturday after Easter, on a cloudless morning, I fell and shattered my left elbow while taking a walk with my husband. Although the sidewalk is uneven and full. The post Can These Bones Live? appeared first on First Things
The One and the Ninety-Nine:Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagionby luke burgisst. martin’s press, 288 pages, $30 Whenever someone like Candace Owens or Nick Fuentes posts “ragebait,”. The post How to Belong Without Losing Oneself appeared first on First Things
In a recent New York Times guest essay, Catholic writer David Gibson praised Pope Leo for moving his church away from “pelvic theology.” For those unfamiliar with the term,. The post Pelvic Theology, Pelvic Justice appeared first on First Things
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Roger L. Simon joins in to discuss his recent book, EMET. The conversation is embedded. The post Kabbalah and the Future (ft. Roger Simon) appeared first on First Things
In the twentieth century the messengers shot themselves. Most did so metaphorically, of course, though a few machos—Ernest Hemingway and Hunter S. Thompson come to mind—did literally blow their. The post Paul Celan’s Via Negativa appeared first on First Things
When he was elected bishop of Rome on October 16, 1978, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła had a rather limited experience of the Catholic Church in the United States. He had. The post John Paul II and America appeared first on First Things