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Episcopal Vacancy

The Editors

Bishops need to help heal the wounds of division, not deepen them.
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A Slow Death

William Bole

Why the death penalty's complete elimination is a long way off.
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Warming Up a New Politics?

E. J. Dionne Jr.

The year's most dramatic legislative showdown was over climate change.
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Commonweal Conversations 2009

Don't miss our 85th Anniversary dinner in New York on Oct. 19!
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JUNE 5, 2009

Domestic Disputes

Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

Reviewing "God of Carnage" and "August: Osage County."

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We’re Ready

The Editors

Why now is the time for real action on health-care reform.

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Tours of Duty

Barbara Mujica

A mother reflects on her son’s years as a Marine in Iraq.

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More Being

John F. Haught

Teilhard de Chardin’s startling relevance in a post-Darwin age.

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MAY 22, 2009

Truth & Consequences

The Editors

Why a full and fair torture investigation is necessary, no matter where it leads.

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Meeting a "Monster"

Robert Nugent

Visiting a priest behind bars.

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Temperate Zone

Robert E. White

Obama meets the neighbors, and tries to rekindle Latin America’s faith in Washington.

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How Is the Bible True?

Luke Timothy Johnson

Bible readers, especially Americans, look for truth in all the wrong places.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

Homosexuality & the Church

Eve Tushnet and Luke Timothy Johnson

Negotiating the authority of Scripture, tradition & experience.

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This Book Is Not Good

Eugene McCarraher

All you need to know about the failure of Christopher Hitchens’s latest antireligious screed.

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What Flannery Knew

Paul Elie

Catholic writing for a critical age

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Why I Became Catholic

John Wilkins

A child of the council explains why he feels like an orphan.

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Culture & Barbarism

Terry Eagleton

Civilization & its discontents

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To the Visible World

Rand Richards Cooper

On worshiping John Updike.

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