Truth

Is There Hope for Gen Z?

At root, Gen Z’s obsession with identity is a perverted but genuine pursuit of truth in a world that obscures it. Continue Reading »

3 Feb 2022

Facing the Real

by Veronica Clarke

In print and in person, First Things nourishes a sense of the real. Continue Reading »

1 Jul 2021

Cardinal Pell and Squirming Catholics

by George Weigel

The Australian Left finds it impossible to admit its errors. Continue Reading »

3 Mar 2021

Wanted: Solomons

by Peter J. Leithart

We don’t have a crisis of truth, but a crisis of confidence in political authority per se. Continue Reading »

11 Sep 2020

In one of his most irreverent moments, in the wild little book The Anti-Christ, composed not long before he completely lost his mind, Nietzsche states that there is only one admirable figure in the entire New Testament, one character alone who deserves our respect: Pontius Pilate. It’s an . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2019

The Discipline of Truth-Telling

by Dan Hitchens

Samuel Johnson understood that a society without truth—a society of “fake news”—would inevitably collapse. Continue Reading »

8 Jan 2018

Let’s Not Make a Deal...at Least this Deal

by George Weigel

The rumored reconciliation between the Church and the followers Marcel Lefebvre cannot take place on the Lefebvrists’ terms. Continue Reading »

26 Apr 2017

Pro-Life, Pro-Truth

by Alexi Sargeant

Beyond the power of the institution we oppose, there is another danger: We who defend life must not allow our commitment to the truth to be compromised. Continue Reading »

3 Mar 2017

Still Waking Up

by Samuel D. James

If in truth we find human dignity, then the reverse is also true: Where truth is cast aside, so also is human dignity. Continue Reading »

17 Feb 2017

The Dangers of Half-Truths

by Michael Pakaluk

There are statements in Amoris Laetitia which, although they admit of a true interpretation, more easily suggest a false one, and are likely to be used to subvert the teachings of the Church. Continue Reading »