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  1. Religion

The Catholic Church Doesn’t Do “Paradigm Shifts”

by George Weigel

The evolution of the Church’s understanding of the gospel is not a matter of “paradigm shifts” or ruptures; it’s a question of development of doctrine.  Continue Reading »

31 Jan 2018

The Letter American Bishops Should Write

by Francis X. Maier

A German bishop recently proposed that the Church hold blessing ceremonies for same-sex marriages.  Continue Reading »

31 Jan 2018

I Know How to Be Abased and I Know How to Abound

by Luma Simms

Though I used to hold Catholic social teaching in contempt, my journey to the Church forced me to rethink those presuppositions. Continue Reading »

30 Jan 2018

The Migration of Mediation

by Peter J. Leithart

“Mutual mediation” is, in fact, what the Reformers meant by “priesthood of believers.”  Continue Reading »

26 Jan 2018

Pope Francis Regrets

by P. J. Smith

Francis's defense of Bishop Barros poses a serious challenge to the pope’s image.  Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2018

Mr. Fit Goes to Communion

by Dan Hitchens

The archdiocese of Braga, Portugal, now asks divorced-and-remarried Catholics to discern for themselves whether they should receive the Sacrament.  Continue Reading »

22 Jan 2018

The Ordinary Time Being

by Terence Sweeney

The Christian task is to imbue Ordinary Time with the love we saw in the stable—to make it not extra-ordinary, but holy in the most ordinary ways of all. Continue Reading »

17 Jan 2018

By What Authority?

by Gerhard Cardinal Müller

The pope’s words are at the service of the whole Tradition of the Church, and not the other way around. Continue Reading »

16 Jan 2018

Judaism, Christianity, and First Things

by R. R. Reno

From its very beginning, First Things has been a venture in which Jews and Christians have worked together.  Continue Reading »

12 Jan 2018

Light from Dirty Harry on Biblical Morality

by Francesca Aran Murphy

How does acting—a form of hypocrisy—fit within a biblical vision of morality? Continue Reading »

11 Jan 2018
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