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Culture

No Right to Erase Baptism

Is baptism an irreversible spiritual and ontological change or a piece of recorded personal data to be deleted on demand? That is the question currently before the European Court. The post No Right to Erase Baptism appeared first on First Things

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Politics

A Terrible Coarsening

The now-ubiquitous terms “reproductive health” and “reproductive freedom” have contributed mightily to a slaughter of the innocents in these United States. The death toll from that massacre is now. The post A Terrible Coarsening appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Two Spectacles, Two Frances

The Stade de France, the country’s largest soccer stadium, holds about 80,000 fans. On Friday, September 25, it was filled with young Catholics. Pope Leo entered to sounds of. The post Two Spectacles, Two Frances appeared first on First Things

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Culture

America’s Empty Confessionals

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, James M. O’Toole joins in to discuss his recent book, For I Have Sinned: The. The post America’s Empty Confessionals appeared first on First Things

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Culture

The Church in the Age of Therapy

See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal,. The post The Church in the Age of Therapy appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Lindsay Clancy and America’s Canadian Future

On September 4, the judge declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case, the result of one holdout juror who prevented a verdict of not guilty by reason of. The post Lindsay Clancy and America’s Canadian Future appeared first on First Things

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Economy

Tariffs Won’t Bring Back the Male Breadwinner

Economic populists often tell a version of this story: In the working-class heyday that was the post–World War II economic model, a man could put a roof over his. The post Tariffs Won’t Bring Back the Male Breadwinner appeared first on First Things

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Culture

How Not to Defend Reading

Has Elon Musk read the Odyssey? Despite the trillionaire’s endless carping about Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of the Homeric ­poem, I have yet to see anyone ask this simple question. Musk has. The post How Not to Defend Reading appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Brave New Sexual Ethics

In this episode, Mark Regnerus joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Living Humanae Vitae in Poland,” from the October 2026 issue. The post Brave New Sexual Ethics appeared first on First Things

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Healthcare

Canada’s Deadliest Blind Spot

On September 20, the Daily Mail ran a story with the provocative headline, “Our 83-year-old Christian grandmother was euthanised against her will under Canada’s assisted dying system—she died covered. The post Canada’s Deadliest Blind Spot appeared first on First Things

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Technology

Standing Athwart AI, Yelling Stop

The editors discuss the AfD’s continued victories in Germany, the death of the assisted dying bill in the U.K., and calls to “pace the frontier” in AI research. The. The post Standing Athwart AI, Yelling Stop appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Burnham’s Popish Plot?

It has not been a happy few weeks for the Church of England. First, St. Paul’s Cathedral announced that it had struck a deal to let a London nightclub. The post Burnham’s Popish Plot? appeared first on First Things

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