Charles J. Chaput

Christians and other members of minority religions in Pakistan face chronic hostility, harassment, and persecution. Continue Reading »

First Things is uniquely rich in substance, but it needs and deserves our generous financial support to continue and grow its vital work.  Continue Reading »

Joseph Ratzinger looks at the abuse phenomenon through the lens of his own life experience. Continue Reading »

The synod had its problems, but the final document is an improvement over the original instrumentum laboris text.  Continue Reading »

The resolution of the intercommunion question in Germany will have far-reaching consequences in the Church. Continue Reading »

The future of the Catholic faith belongs to those committed to bringing new life into the world and raising their children in truth. Continue Reading »

James Nolan's What they Saw in America considers four foreigners' perspectives on the United States: Tocqueville, Max Weber, Chesterton, and Sayyid Qutb. Continue Reading »

In 1970, Michael Polanyi wrote an essay called “Why Did We Destroy Europe?” In it, he reflected on the cancerous spread of ideologies and war in the twentieth century. He argued that scientific rationalism had initially “been a major influence towards intellectual, moral and social . . . . Continue Reading »

Believing Catholics and Protestants alike sit by the rivers of New Babylon, paradoxically linked in a love for Jesus Christ, but wrapped in a hundred forms of entangling captivity. Continue Reading »

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.” Those are strong words, written by the Czech activist Václav Havel in his essay “The Power of the Powerless,” one of the . . . . Continue Reading »