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Moved with Pity

I didn’t realize how hard it would be to see people attending Mass this way. Faces I’ve known for years, obscured for protection. Suddenly, we were all very fragile.

August 10, 2020

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Summer Soundtrack

In a new series, two friends who like good tunes put music in dialogue with some of the issues we face in our tumultuous times. This time, it’s race.

By Max Foley-Keene & Nicole-Ann Lobo

August 7, 2020

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Poland’s Complacent Majority

This summer, President Andrzej Duda of Poland won re-election in two successive rounds of voting. His success represents a growing threat to Polish democracy.

August 3, 2020

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July / August 2020

El Paso: One Year Later (Part 2)

It’s been one year since the El Paso massacre. In part two, we discuss immigration reform, and ask Bishop Mark Seitz about his vision for an anti-racist Church.

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Patio

I indulged myself even as I missed the thrift stores of our youth, the temples of musty counterculturalism where the point was how cheap, how many times recycled.

By Valerie Sayers

July 28, 2020

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Terrorizing Protesters

One consequence of Trump’s order to send federal immigration enforcers to Portland is that Americans will get a better sense of the unjust ways these agents operate.

By Paul Moses

July 27, 2020

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A Church That Is Poor?

What to make of the fact that the Catholic Church received $1.4 billion from the U.S. government’s Paycheck Protection Program? It’s complicated.

July 24, 2020

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Drinking Alone

Moving to a Rust Belt town taught me that real solidarity is harder than it looks.

By Jonathan Malesic

July 13, 2020

Religion

Breath & Fire

The gift of the Holy Spirit allows us to passionately fight for the peace of Christ, a peace far greater than the one offered by oppressive authorities.

By M. Shawn Copeland

July 8, 2020

Culture

Summer Readings & Screenings

In this second installment of our summer series, we’re thinking about race in America with help from Harold Cruse and Kathleen Collins.

By Griffin Oleynick and Anthony Domestico

July 10, 2020

Books

Muddling Through

George Scialabba has provided not just a profound account of depression, but a reminder of how precarious our lives can be, and how much we need each other.

By Matthew Sitman

July 14, 2020

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The Coronavirus

COVID-19 has profoundly affected our daily lives. Catch up with some of Commonweal’s best writing on the political and spiritual ramifications of the virus.

By The Editors

April 21, 2020

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