Fearlessness and the American Bishops in Rome
by George WeigelFor all its faults, the Catholic Church in the United States lives the New Evangelization better than any other local Church in the developed world. Continue Reading »
Reading the Signs of the Times
by Douglas FarrowThe Catholic Church has been reduced to propping up its own relevance as a “dialogue partner” to the world through whatever opportunity the age affords it. Continue Reading »
The Spirit of Vatican I
by Russell HittingerVatican I: The Council and the Making of the Ultramontane Church by john w. o’malley belknap, 320 pages, $24.95 In 1860 Pope Pius IX lost the papal states, which had been held by his predecessors for a thousand years. Four years later he issued the Syllabus of Errors. The eightieth and . . . . Continue Reading »
You Are Peter
by Dan HitchensThe papacy does not depend on the qualities of the men who take office. Continue Reading »
By What Authority?
by Gerhard Ludwig MüllerThe pope’s words are at the service of the whole Tradition of the Church, and not the other way around. Continue Reading »
Revelation on Tap: Vatican I and the “Amoris Laetitia” Controversy
by Aaron TaylorThe gift of papal infallibility flows not from our need for certainty, but from God’s desire that we know with certitude those truths necessary for our salvation. Continue Reading »
Turkish Drummers, the TRC, and the Truth about the Bulls of Donation
by Douglas FarrowIt's a stolen land – and the Church is responsible? Continue Reading »
The Future of the Papacy: A Symposium
by Avery Cardinal Dulles, Midge Decter, Paul J. Griffiths, David Bentley Hart, Russell Hittinger, Robert W. JensonIn the February issue First Things published the Erasmus Lecture of 2000, “Papacy and Power,” by George Weigel. The monumental political influence of the pontificate of John Paul II, Weigel argued, is the result of a long and complicated history in which the papacy has successfully contended . . . . Continue Reading »
The Splendor of Truth: A Symposium
by Richard John NeuhausRichard John Neuhaus In October 1993, Pope John Paul II issued his tenth encyclical, Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth). The tabloids blazoned that the Pope is clamping down on sexual ethics. And yes, it turns out that he hasn't changed his mind on fornication and adultery, but . . . . Continue Reading »
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