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# Letters from Rome: My first essay in First Things 
- URL: https://gaudiumetspes22.com/letters-from-rome-my-first-essay-in-first-things/
- Published: 2025-04-28T21:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-11T01:00:37.000Z
- Author: Larry Chapp
- Tags: Crisis in the Church, #larry-chapp, #Import 2026-08-10 19:59

Linked is the first installment of a new series of reflections I will be offering at First Things while I am in Rome. As with my columns in First Things during the Synod, my essay is appended at the end of the column after essays by other authors. So you will have to scroll down to get to my piece

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[https://firstthings.com/letters-from-rome-2025-1-reports-and-commentary-on-the-papal-interregnum/](https://firstthings.com/letters-from-rome-2025-1-reports-and-commentary-on-the-papal-interregnum/?ref=gaudiumetspes22.com)

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