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    Daily Writings from First Things’ Top Writers

Pope Francis, Exorcist

by Charlotte Allen

Just in time for Halloween, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has published an English translation of the hitherto only-in-Latin rite of exorcism. Continue Reading »

31 Oct 2017 0

Martin Luther: The Wrath of God

by Carlos Eire

All Christians can be shocked by the vitriol of sixteenth-century theological disagreements, but no one should be shocked by Luther’s anger over corruption, abuse, and injustice. Continue Reading »

31 Oct 2017 0

Which Henry Caused the Reformation?

by Carl R. Trueman

Both catastrophist and triumphalist narratives of the Reformation, however sophisticated and nuanced the idiom, always oversimplify.  Continue Reading »

31 Oct 2017 0

Roy Moore’s Ridiculous Defense of Marriage

by John Murdock

Roy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, was right to invoke Dred Scott when opposing Obergefell v. Hodges. Continue Reading »

30 Oct 2017 0

A Time of Crisis

by Dan Hitchens

In this time of anxiety in the Catholic Church, the words of St. Vincent of Lerins may offer some comfort.  Continue Reading »

30 Oct 2017 0

A Right to the Baby We Want

by Wesley J. Smith

Technologies are moving us away from the unconditional acceptance of the children we receive toward a perceived right not only to have a baby, but to have “the baby we want.” Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2017 0

The Church in Afghanistan

by Giovanni Scalese

An interview with Fr. Giovanni Scalese, ecclesiastical superior of the Roman Catholic Mission of Afghanistan. Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2017 0

A Theology of Adoption

by Lauren Rae Konkol

In Not by Nature but by Grace, Gilbert Meilaender offers a primer for understanding adoption through a scriptural and ethical lens.  Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2017 0

Baskin-Robbins Bushism

by Pete Spiliakos

Our Republican elites offer Baskin-Robbins Bushism—any skin tone, ethnicity, or gender, as long as it is all Bushism. But voters don’t want Bushism in any vessel. Continue Reading »

26 Oct 2017 0

The Pope’s Five-Year Plan

by Marco Tosatti

The rule limiting bishops to a single five-year term seems to only apply to some—those who question Amoris Laetitia. Continue Reading »

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