Blessing and Blasphemy

by Gerhard Ludwig Müller

Rome must not watch in silence, hoping that the Germans can be pacified with tactical finesse and small concessions. Continue Reading »

24 May 2021

The Infidelity of the Present

by Robert P. Imbelli

The CDF statement, though seemingly focused upon the issue of the blessing of same-sex unions, has much wider import. Continue Reading »

19 Mar 2021

The World Episcopate and the German Apostasy

by George Weigel

The German bishops are in need of fraternal correction. Continue Reading »

10 Mar 2021

What to Know About the Synodal Way

by Hans Feichtinger

Sadly, the German bishops want to “reform” first and evangelize later. Continue Reading »

11 Feb 2021

The Catholic Parish Today

by Hans Feichtinger

Regardless of what many German bishops seem to think, priests today must not lead less, but more.  Continue Reading »

20 Aug 2020

“Wittenberg” in Synodal Slow Motion

by George Weigel

German Catholic leaders seem determined to create a nominally Catholic form of liberal Protestantism. Continue Reading »

25 Mar 2020

Thirty Years at First Things

by R. R. Reno

This is our 300th number, marking thirty years of publication. In early 1989, Richard John Neuhaus had no inkling that he was about to found First Things. A Lutheran pastor noted for his incisive religious and political commentaries, he was busy running the Center on Religion and Society. The Center . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2020