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A telescope over the city

First Principles over Hot Takes

No matter the week's headlines, we must keep our eyes fixed on the greater reality and the promise of the world to come.

Mar 4, 2021
Sunrise over a lone tree on the Serengeti

Disciples of All Nations

When we take on a global view of the Catholic Church, we discover that the Church is flourishing in corners of the world of which we may have been unaware.

Feb 25, 2021
Colonnade of St. Peter's, Vatican

A Change of Age

We live in a period of transition in the West from a sacramental view of the world to a new "secular" society.

Feb 18, 2021
The Cathedral of St. Paul overlooking Downtown St. Paul, Minnesota

What the Church Claims to Be

The predominant culture in the United States has never known quite how to perceive the Church…

Feb 11, 2021
A Man on a Smartphone

Catholicism and Social Media

Trendy social media platforms aren’t always conducive to the truth.

Feb 4, 2021
Hong Kong

Subsidiarity and a Global Perspective

Subsidiarity and stories from across the globe: tensions with the Church in Hong Kong, a new law in Denmark, and Jerome Lejeune.

Jan 28, 2021
Times Square

Inundated with Information

The information age, it seems, has met its match: itself.

Jan 21, 2021
Sunrise in Rome

The First Update

Keeping things in proportion, American Civil Religion, mosques and museums, and more...

Jan 14, 2021
Bern, Switzerland

The Weekly Update

The news media plays a central role in forming our imaginative visions. Prime Matters offers a reasoned weekly news roundup and insights from the lens of the Catholic imaginative vision.

Dec 7, 2020