4+ hour, 31+ min ago  (780+ words) First Things And so it has happened. The Society of St. Pius X has gone ahead with its illicit ordination of four new bishops, and the Vatican has responded with the expected announcement that the act is schismatic, incurring the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (120+ words) And yet, simply because modern applications of just war theory are outdated (or misunderstood and misused) does not mean we are called to discard the theory. Rather, we need to revisit it from the evangelical counter-praxis of love. War, for…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago  (304+ words) Christians instinctively, and rightly, protest. Our bodies are cunningly designed and, as Carl Trueman has insisted, they aren't raw material to shape to our whims. We're creatures, bounded and finite, necessarily limited in our knowing and acting. Any attempt to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (249+ words) Offensive Christianity: Restoring the Strength of Men in a Feminized Ageby j. chase davisfounders press, 184 pages, $19. 98 A new birth of manliness is a prerequisite for a new birth of offensive Christianity. By "offensive Christianity," Davis means both a Christianity unworried about…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (244+ words) While this may not be an urgent problem for Yeats scholars, it does present a difficulty for an institution with teaching authority like the Church. The integrity of doctrine depends on the precision with which it is stated. Hallucinations'the standard…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (540+ words) The first encyclical letter of Pope Leo XIV has been engaged widely on its substance, but its manner of presentation was also noteworthy'and likely contributed to how much attention it received." Those questions will eventually get asked, and it is…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (361+ words) One of the welcome advances found in the draft is that both "falsely accused" clergy and the "presumption of innocence" are mentioned several times. And the issue of presumed innocence has been moved to the preamble of the document. To…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (219+ words) The measure of Magnifica Humanitas cannot be taken today, so soon after its release. We won't know for many years what sort of legacy it might have. But if it does have a legacy, it just may be the salvaging…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (195+ words) As always, there are two major speeches at the ceremony, one by a distinguished guest, the other by an outstanding student. This year the former was delivered by Sen. Rand Paul, the latter by Ashley Van Dixhoorn. And as is…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (54+ words) First Things Matthew Schmitz is editor of Compact and a former senior editor of First Things. For certain personalities, drugs such as methamphetamine have an almost irresistible appeal. Only later does it turn" In April, the Holy Father and the…...