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  1. Religion

The Crèche and the Gap

by George Weigel

“Mind the gap”—the ubiquitous instruction found on the London Underground—is also an accurate description of the drama of the Christian life. Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2017

Our Witness to Freedom

by R. R. Reno

In this environment—one of decadence, paralysis, and blind armies clashing by night—First Things matters more than ever. Continue Reading »

16 Dec 2017

What Does It Mean to Say “I Absolve You”?

by Gerhard Cardinal Müller

The sacrament of reconciliation must remain a visible, objective sign of grace—despite those who wish to turn it into a mere subjective reality. Continue Reading »

15 Dec 2017

Word Made Flesh

by Peter J. Leithart

This is the good news of Advent: The Word who became flesh dwells in your flesh and speaks himself there, among your ruins. Continue Reading »

15 Dec 2017

No God but Santa

by Ulrich L. Lehner

Is “nice” ever an attribute we can or should use for God? Continue Reading »

15 Dec 2017

The Little Eschaton

by Francesca Aran Murphy

Even in a churchless family, the build-up of present-buying leading to Christmas can bear a wealth of eschatological meaning.  Continue Reading »

14 Dec 2017

Luther’s Purgatory

by Christopher Jackson

Protestantism will be purified only insofar as she is willing to contend conservatively for the faith once delivered to the saints.  Continue Reading »

12 Dec 2017

Why We Shouldn’t Change the Lord’s Prayer

by Anthony Esolen

“Lead us not into temptation” is the most accurate English translation of the original Greek phrase in the Lord’s Prayer. Pope Francis can’t find a better rendering.  Continue Reading »

11 Dec 2017

Not Rights, But Power

by Charlotte Allen

The Masterpiece Cakeshop case is actually about the power of militantly liberal governments to persecute Christians.  Continue Reading »

11 Dec 2017

America for the Immaculata

by Alexi Sargeant

We should celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception with fanfare because Mariology is ecclesiology—every special grace given to Mary is an eschatological promise to the Church.  Continue Reading »

8 Dec 2017
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