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Illinois Coroners Push Back on Assisted Suicide Bill

Mary Kate Zander

Illinois state coroners recently gathered to discuss the proposed physician-assisted suicide bill that awaits a signature on Gov. JB Pritzkerโ€™s desk. Of the one hundred or so county coroners,...

I With You Am

Peter J. Leithart

Forty days after his resurrection, Jesus meets the remaining eleven disciples on a mountain in Galilee. He declares his authority in heaven and on earth and sends his disciples...

What Does The Practice of the Presence of God Reveal About Leo?

Ephraim Radner

In a recent in-flight interview, Pope Leo mentioned that Brother Lawrenceโ€™s The Practice of the Presence of God was one of the great influences on his spiritual life. Lawrence...

Undercover in Canadaโ€™s Lawless Abortion Industry

Jonathon Van Maren

On November 27, 2023, thirty-six-year-old Alissa Golob walked through the doors of the Cabbagetown Womenโ€™s Clinic in Toronto, Canada. She had two young children at home, $2,137 in her...

The Return of Blasphemy Laws?

Carl R. Trueman

Over my many years in the U.S., I have resisted the temptation to buy into the catastrophism that characterizes American conservative commentary on my homeland, from claims about NHS...

Books for Christmasโ€”2025

George Weigel

Surveys indicate that reading books is dropping precipitously across all age groups. This is a tragedy in itself; itโ€™s also a social disaster, as a post-literate society risks becoming...

Nick Fuentes and Richard Hananiaโ€™s Paganism

Bethel McGrew

The popularity of Nick Fuentes is in its way a fulfillment of Ross Douthatโ€™s much-quoted ominous prophecy that the โ€œpost-Christian rightโ€ will rise to replace the Christian right. While...

How Suburbia Reshaped American Catholic Life

Stephen G. Adubato

n the third grade, my teacher asked if we knew the difference between Democrats and Republicans. I immediately shot my hand up and recited what my parents had taught me: โ€œDemocrats care about. . .

What Is Leo XIVโ€™s Educational Vision?

Kyle Washut

"The world is too much with us; late and soon, / Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;โ€” / Little we see in Nature that is ours; / We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!โ€

The Fourth Watch

James F. Keating

The following is an excerpt from the first edition ofย The Fourth Watch, a newsletterย about Catholicism from First Things. We invite you toย subscribe by clicking here.ย The Fourth Watch,ย authored by James...

The First Apostle and the Speech of Creation

Hans Boersma

Yesterday, November 30, was the Feast of St. Andrew, Jesusโ€™s first apostle. Why did Jesus call on Andrew to become his first disciple? Matthewโ€™s Gospel gives us a hint....

British Catholicismโ€™s Bright and Various Future

John Duggan

"In the last few weeks,โ€ the theologian Jacob Phillips recently remarked, โ€œIโ€™ve spoken at various Catholic events which were full to the brim with recent converts in the 18-30 age range...

St. Cuthbert and the Cave That Couldnโ€™t Be Filmed

Jason M. Baxter

August 2025 in northern England was chilly and windy. I had gone over to this land along the Anglo-Scottish border one month earlier, in July, to scout out St....

Inexpressible Gifts

Hans Boersma

How can we express thanks for an inexpressible gift? If someone brings a turkey to Thanksgiving dinner, we easily find words to describe the gift and convey our gratitude:...

Thanksgiving Linguistics

Joshua T. Katz

As we pause to give thanks for family, turkey, and Plymouth in the year 1621, take a few moments to give thought as well to the very word โ€œthanksgiving,โ€...