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The Suspended Beauty of the Cross

In David Jones’s ‘Crucifixion,’ beauty and brutality are so interwoven that they stun us into silence.

October 18, 2020

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Following St. Francis

Pope Francis’s namesake saint provides a model for how Catholics should approach interreligious dialogue.

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October 17, 2020

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False Choices

Defending Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb misrepresents both history and moral decision-making.

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October 14, 2020

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The Election & Social Catholicism

We are at a perilous moment in American history, argues E.J. Dionne Jr., and public Catholicism must rise to the task.

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Baptizing White Supremacy

An interview with Robert P. Jones examining the relationship of Christianity and white supremacy in America.

October 14, 2020

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Barrett vs. Scalia

Amy Coney Barrett and Antonin Scalia differ on the crucial issues of judicial restraint and respect for precedent. Here’s why it matters.

October 13, 2020

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Examining the Encyclical

Catholics should read Francis’s new encyclical not just for what it says, but also for how it says it.

October 9, 2020

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Will a Plebiscite Bring Reform in Chile?

Mass demonstrators want to re-legitimize, reconstruct, and reconfigure Chile’s political foundation. But first, Chile must get past the pandemic.

By Santiago Ramos

September 1, 2020

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Pope Francis’s Call to Fraternity

At the core of ‘Fratelli tutti’ is Francis’s conviction that the world is fast losing its sense of the oneness of the human family.

By Austen Ivereigh

October 4, 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

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D. H. Lawrence, Arch-Heretic

Nature is central to this collection of D. H. Lawrence’s nonfiction, from New Mexican deserts to flowering Tuscan hills.

By George Scialabba

October 10, 2020

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The 2020 Presidential Election

Amid the confusion created by the pandemic, one thing is clear: the 2020 election will be unlike any other. Here’s some of Commonweal’s best writing on the subject.

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September 11, 2020

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