Getting a ‘Like’ from the Vatican

Is Rome too sanguine about social media?

By Massimo Faggioli

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Against Corporate Consolidation

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Making Room in the Inn

Alejandro Nava describes the alternative spiritual education he’s received at Casa Alitas, a shelter for migrants and refugees in Tucson.

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Whose War Is It?

In Germany, the postwar culture of minimal military intervention makes responding to the crisis in Ukraine especially difficult.

By William Collins Donahue

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Is Christian Belief Rational?

Christian belief and sports alike remind us that we are embodied selves, not detached brains or pure spirits.

April 28, 2023

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Lifelines

C. C. Wang's paintings show how modern art can build on a long historical tradition, rather than casting it aside.

By Xiao Situ

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Do Priests Have a Right to Privacy?

Is it moral to spend millions of dollars to turn peoples’ cell-phone data into a tracking device for wayward clerics?

April 27, 2023

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The Rise of Religious Disaffiliation

Many believers today present a faith that amounts to little more than political tribalism. So why would young people show any interest in religion?

April 27, 2023

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Engaging Confederate Nostalgia

For those of us who have a visceral objection to Confederate Memorial Day, how should we engage a worldview that embraces the mythology of the Lost Cause?

By Richard Brown

May 10, 2023

Religion

St. Philip Neri’s Eucharistic Joy

Philip Neri is just the kind of saint we need: a model of lightness of spirit, divine laughter, and extraordinary ordinariness.

By John Rodden

May 26, 2023

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Reckoning With Birth

Birth is one of humanity’s most under-explored subjects. Minimizing birth diminishes one of the greatest powers humans have had: the creation of life itself.

By Jennifer Banks

May 26, 2023

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Changing Our Minds About Time

In her latest book, Jenny Odell challenges the very idea of time management.

By Katherine Lucky

May 7, 2023

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Father’s Day

Commonweal writers reflect on their fathers and fatherhood.

By The Editors

June 15, 2022