A Voice of Sanctified Reason

by Peter J. Leithart

First Things remains at the center of our culture's critical debates. Continue Reading »

3 Jul 2019

Accommodating Injustice

by Darel E. Paul

As the case of Jack Phillips shows, public accommodations law has little to do with justice and a lot to do with fighting. Continue Reading »

13 Jun 2019

Comfort to Predators

by Paul V. Mankowski

In the Closet of the Vatican:  Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy by frédéric martel translated by shaun whiteside bloomsbury, 576 pages, $30 The cursus of Frédéric Martel’s work can be expressed quite simply: He takes 576 pages to convince us that the Roman Catholic clergymen who live and . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2019

Pope Francis's Warning

by Charlotte Allen

One way to eliminate gay culture in the clergy is to eliminate from the very beginning those who might be inclined to participate in it. Continue Reading »

13 Dec 2018

Fr. Martin’s False Comfort

by Joseph Sciambra

If the Church wants to show true respect, compassion, and sensitivity to homosexual persons, it must offer them the words of Christ—not Fr. Martin’s false comfort. Continue Reading »

23 Aug 2018

Why Men Like Me Should
Not Be Priests

by Daniel Mattson

Because the sex scandals of the Church are overwhelmingly homosexual, the Church can no longer risk ordaining men with homosexual inclinations in the hopes that those inclinations turn out to be transitory.  Continue Reading »

17 Aug 2018

The Welby Pontificate

by Stephen Noll

In the face of fractious intra-church squabbles, the Archbishop of Canterbury is changing the deliberative process of the Anglican Communion. Continue Reading »

21 May 2018

The Nashville Statement’s Imperfect Clarity

by Samuel D. James

“The Nashville Statement” on sexuality, marriage, and gender identity, released last week by major Evangelical leaders, will hopefully foster constructive dialogue among Evangelicals.  Continue Reading »

5 Sep 2017

Fr. Manners

by Matthew Schmitz

Catholics distinguish between violations of manners and of the moral law; Fr. James Martin, in ways trivial and grave, does not. Continue Reading »

22 Aug 2017

Pontifex Minimus

by Paul V. Mankowski

Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivityby james martin, s.j.harperone, 150 pages, $19.99 Is sodomy a sin? Perplexed readers of Fr. James Martin, S.J.’s latest book will want to put the question to him, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2017