From First Things <[email protected]>
Subject How I Kicked My Phone Habit
Date May 13, 2025 6:13 PM
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** How I Kicked My Phone Habit ([link removed])
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** Clement Harrold
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From the print edition:
My phone was fueling my laziness, robbing me of contemplation, and cultivating my boredom. More ([link removed])


** A Leonine Revival ([link removed])
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** Thomas Joseph White
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May Leo XIV, Augustinian at heart, be empowered by God’s Spirit to speak to the restless hearts of our modern era. More ([link removed])


** Leo XIV and the Best-Case Scenario ([link removed])
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** Dan Hitchens
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Pope Leo seems to understand that it’s not about him. More ([link removed])

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** Letters from Rome—A New Pontificate ([link removed])
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** Edited by Xavier Rynne II
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There is a noble, “Leonine” legacy that the new pope has taken to himself by his choice of regnal name. More ([link removed])

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** Newman, Augustine, and Leo XIV ([link removed])
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** Robert P. Imbelli
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My hope for the new pope is that he may draw from Augustine, as did his predecessor, Leo the Great. More ([link removed])

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** Let’s Not Canonize Any Popes for a While ([link removed])
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** Dominic Bouck
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There is a definite danger of recency bias, and the Church does best when thinking in terms of centuries. More ([link removed])

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** Sleeping Through Life ([link removed])
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** Trevor Cribben Merrill
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Matthew Gasda’s new novel is a salve for the anxious swiping and scrolling it so meticulously recreates. More ([link removed])

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