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An Ecumenical Pilgrimage
Dame Mullally’s participation in Becket Camino represents a sign of ecumenism as she prepares to become the first woman to lead the Church of England.
Vanessa R. Corcoran
A War of Whim
Trump has made the world less stable, alienated our allies, and further degraded the moral standing of the United States.
The Editors

Wittgenstein’s Apocalypse

Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein believed the age of technology would be the beginning of the end for humanity. The increasing ubiquity of AI may prove him right.
Alexander Stern
'Of This World'—On the Altar
Hosts and 'Commonweal' contributors Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Nick Tabor chat with professor and author Jonathan Sheehan about the history of sacrifice, from the sacred to the secular.
Not Just a Mistake, a Crime
InternationalWar and PeaceMiddle EastDonald Trump
The war on Iran is yet another reminder that the world will never be safe until the United States accepts and abides by international law.
George Scialabba
Collective Mourning, Collective Action
LentSpiritualityImmigrationPolitics
The unbinding of Lazarus is a collective action in a moment of deep crisis. It is public work, building power out of mourning.
Joe Rubio
No Mirrors, Shared Shoes
HistoryEuropeCulture
The rural Ireland of my parents’ generation more closely resembled the Middle Ages than 21st-century Europe.
John Rodden
The Church Is Not a Culture
TheologyReligionpostliberalism
Almost exactly ten years after I had first considered becoming Catholic for intellectual reasons, I became one for interpersonal reasons.
Jonathan Heaps
Debating Women’s Ordination
Women in the ChurchLettersContinuing the Conversation
Readers debate Paul Baumann's provocative essay on women's ordination—and Baumann responds to his critics.
The Editors
Bonaventure’s Blind Spot
SpiritualityTheologyReligion
If we wish to meet God in silence, we must seek to help liberate those whom our society has unjustly silenced.
William Crozier
Anger or Hatred?
PhilosophyPoliticsBooks
William Galston explores how anger, hatred, and lust for domination threaten liberal democracy.
Joshua L. Cherniss
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More than a Real Estate Deal
Evan Bednarz
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Morten Høi Jensen
Here and Now
Vincent Miller
Bad for the Church, and the World
Massimo Faggioli
Collective Mourning, Collective Action
Joe Rubio
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