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  Why the Death Penalty Is a Sore Point for Papal Authority

  Pope Leo XIV marked World Day Against the Death Penalty, observed on October 10, with the following message on X: The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an

  
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  Foucault’s Idol of Nothingness

  Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Michel Foucault. He was influential in his lifetime, but forty-two years after his death, while contemporaries such as Derrida have

  
• FFirst Things2026-10-14✓ Read

  Candace Owens and the Sin of Anti-Semitism

  According to the online Encyclopedia Britannica, Sir Moses Montefiore (1784–1885) was “an Italian-born businessman who was noted for his philanthropy and support of Jewish rights.” In the England to which he was brought

  

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