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Thomas F. Farr’s article from our October 2013 issue is now available for you to read on our website for free. Farr argues that the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act has not been adequately implemented, and reports on its ineffectiveness in current diplomatic affairs. He states: . . . . Continue Reading »

Each summer, First Things hosts a Dominican student brother from the Province of Saint Joseph as a summer intern. The first student brother hosted was Br. Gabriel Torretta, O.P. in 2011, who entered the Dominicans in 2008 having studied pre-modern Japanese literature at Columbia University. . . . . Continue Reading »

Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints, and I think the most quoted statement from Pope Francis’  Angelus message for the feast is, “The Saints are not supermen . . . .” The Holy Father, of course, says this to remind us that the saints are indeed people with . . . . Continue Reading »

A weekend-long International Art Forum on “Art and Beauty” is to be held this week, November 1-3, at the headquarters of the World Youth Alliance in New York City. Discussion will evolve around the questions: “What is beauty? What is the role of beauty in art? Should art always be . . . . Continue Reading »

On Tuesday, November 5, Kate Mangold, an artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York, will be premiering all new work in an exhibit titled “We Followed the Red Herring for 10,000 Miles.” Mangold began her career as a painter, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts . . . . Continue Reading »

Fr. Maciej Zieba, O.P., the author of the new book Papal Economics: The Catholic Church on Democratic Capitalism, from Rerum Novarum to Caritas in Veritate , is presenting a lecture entitled “The Theory and Practice of Solidarity” here in our New York offices on Wednesday, November 13, . . . . Continue Reading »

This evening, First Things premieres its series of art exhibits with Life Drawing by Joshua Cave . Cave, a versatile artist working as a painter, sculptor, installation artist, and writer in New York City, received his BFA from Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA in 2008. Working with diverse forms . . . . Continue Reading »

The Imagine Sisters Movement with Catholic Lighthouse Media, the Institute on Religious Life, Our Lady’s Rosary Makers, and the Laboure Society and created by Lumen Vere Media and Altius Studies premiered its Light of Love film last Sunday night, showcasing the lives of five women religious, . . . . Continue Reading »

Today the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of Blessed Mother Teresa. A great work to revisit is her famous 1982 Harvard Class Day Address found here. Yes, there is hunger. Maybe not the hunger for a piece of bread, but there is a terrible hunger for love. There is a terrible hunger for the word . . . . Continue Reading »

Last month, Pope Francis, upon returning to Rome from World Youth Day in Brazil, spoke of the Church’s need to develop “a profound theology of womanhood.” A few weeks ago the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) met in Orlando, Florida for their annual assembly, and in their conference exercises, one can only be disappointed with their response to the Pope’s call… . Continue Reading »