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Remembering Robert Wilken
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (255+ words) been a significant uptick in sales the next day.) George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and...
The Smiling Archbishop of New York
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (725+ words) More than sixteen years ago, on the morning of his installation Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, an ebullient (when was he not?) Archbishop Timothy Dolan greeted me at full volume (when did he not?), “You will like…...
In Memoriam: Robert Louis Wilken
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (221+ words) During all the years of our friendship, neither of us ever engaged in even covert proselytizing. We were constantly discussing what our two respective traditions have in common, while never losing sight of what divides them. We will miss him....
What the Wall Street Journal Didn’t Print
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (495+ words) Which misses a lot. To put it mildly. Donald Trump has sucked the air out of virtually the entire media universe since 2015. Is there anything that isn’t to be parsed or explained by reference to him? This obsession distorts reality....
Blessed Fulton Sheen, a Modern Evangelist for Christ
7+ mon, 2+ day ago (160+ words) No doubt many people will offer their own reflections on the life of Archbishop Fulton Sheen now that the Vatican has approved his beatification. I offer these reflections on some lesser-known aspects of the life of this man of exceptional…...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Critique of Catholicism
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (175+ words) The doctrine of imago Dei, inherited from Judaism and b’tzelem Elohim, reflects the Catholic belief that all persons are created in the image of God and—this part is sometimes forgotten—that this spiritual likeness calls us to imitate God…...
Introducing The Jew From Nowhere
6+ mon, 13+ hour ago (265+ words) Astute observers will also note that First Things has so far launched two topical newsletters: the Fourth Watch pertaining to Catholicism, and the Protestant Mind. Which means the time is ripe for a newsletter on Judaism to complete the trifecta....
Trump’s Civilizational Project
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (127+ words) America and Europe are tied together. “Our destiny is and will always be intertwined with yours,” Rubio said in Munich. Indeed. America’s enduring piety continues to make Christianity a potent element of public life. We should pray that such influence…...
John Paul II and America
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (147+ words) a call to a national examination of conscience. George Weigel’s column “The Catholic Difference” is syndicated...Archdiocese of Denver. Image by ASSOCIATED PRESS George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and...
The German Gambit
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (295+ words) This latter point is important. If the German proposal were to be approved by Rome, or at least be met with benign neglect, the floodgates would open, and the German example would metastasize to many other corners of the Church,…...