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Leo & Liturgy
Despite the hopes of Catholic traditionalists, Pope Leo has not undone Francis’s limits on the Latin Mass, but other questions about liturgy remain on the synodal table.
Rita Ferrone
Alex Pretti, Martyr
By his spontaneous example, Alex Pretti called all Americans, but especially American Christians, to account.
Terence Sweeney
'Of This World'—American Charisms
In the second episode of our special podcast series, ‘Commonweal’ contributors Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Nick Tabor speak with Molly Worthen, author of ‘Spellbound.’
Cruel and Indiscriminate
PoliticsLatin AmericaDonald Trump
For decades, U.S. sanctions have been crippling Venezuela—and the poor, not the politicians, have paid the greatest price.
Joy Gordon
The Little Hours of Delaney Hall
ReligionPoliticsDonald TrumpImmigration
A prayer service outside a Newark DHS detention center was a reminder that, for Christians, every prison and every tyrant is a temporary thing.
Kevin Gallagher
Leo the Manager
Pope Leo XIVVaticanReligion
Leo possesses the mind of a mathematician and canon lawyer. He has the makings of an effective manager—even of a sprawling organization like the Church.
Heidi Schlumpf
The Dangers of Doctor Bot
Artificial IntelligenceTechnologyHealth Care
AI touches on the deepest longing of professionals to be foolproof. But it cannot replace the judgment of a real doctor.
Ronald W. Dworkin
The Damage Has Been Done
InternationalEuropeDonald TrumpPolitics
Whatever comes of Trump's mad campaign to take Greenland, it’s the island's residents who will bear the brunt of it.
Morten Høi Jensen
State of Siege
EditorialDonald TrumpPoliticsImmigration
Five years after whipping up a loose army of supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol, Trump has deployed a well-funded paramilitary force to execute his authoritarian agenda.
The Editors
A Dangerous Distraction
PoliticsDonald TrumpImmigration
ICE unmasked is still ICE. The real problem isn’t the agency's wardrobe, but its mission.
Matt Mazewski
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Things Will Get Better Before
 They Get Worse
Jonathan Heaps
Another Requiem in Minneapolis
Patricia Hampl
Alex Pretti, Martyr
Terence Sweeney
The Little Hours of Delaney Hall
Kevin Gallagher
Forgiving my mother’s killer
Julian Assele
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Spellbound
Forty percent of Americans are spellbound by Donald Trump, and breaking down the right-wing media’s Iron Curtain will be a very long-term project.
George Scialabba
Leo & Liturgy
Despite the hopes of Catholic traditionalists, Pope Leo has not undone Francis’s limits on the Latin Mass, but other questions about liturgy remain on the synodal table.
Rita Ferrone
Havens for the Human
Should universities segregate quantitative research from humanistic formation?
Antón Barba-Kay
An Olive Branch
Charles Murray's 'Taking Religion Seriously' offers major insights into the conservative eminence's mind. But it is not a serious exploration of Christian belief.
James Chappel