Article Letting ‘Amoris laetitia’ Be Heard A gathering in Boston gave a sense of what Pope Francis’s vision of the church in ‘Amoris laetitia’ might actually look like By Matthew Sitman October 16, 2017 Pope Francis U.S. Catholicism Theology
Article Caught between Camps Where the Christians of Jerusalem’s Old City find themselves in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict By Santiago Ramos October 16, 2017 Foreign Affairs War and Peace Ecumenism
Feature Can the Churches Be Reunited? At this time of the Reformation’s 500th anniversary, advancing Christian unity with the Protestants would lie in the Orthodox direction By George Hunsinger October 15, 2017 Ecumenism Theology
Article Still Hurting Ken Burns’s ‘The Vietnam War’ lays bare a record of badly misguided government and military decisions, but it offers no indictment By Rand Richards Cooper October 12, 2017 War and Peace Foreign Affairs Media
Article Commonweal’s Best Spiritual Writing A collection of writing that wrestles with contemporary spirituality, within and without the doors of the church By The Editors October 12, 2017 Spirituality
Article Bad Business Why has a business school at the U.S.’s only Vatican-chartered university closely aligned itself with a billionaire libertarian? By John Gehring October 12, 2017 Economy U.S. Catholicism Ethics
Article The New Art of Pope-Watching Does the media have too big a role in shaping our understanding of the papacy? By Massimo Faggioli October 12, 2017 Pope Francis Pope Benedict XVI
Article No Sunset Conversion ‘Lucky’ is a humble celebration of Harry Dean Stanton, a quietly glorious send-off for a singular American talent By Dominic Preziosi October 12, 2017 Movies Secularism and Modernity
Feature Snakes, Violence & Grace? Does the viewer find more grace in Cristóbal de Villalpando’s Baroque altarpiece, or in Cézanne’s apple? By Paul Baumann October 11, 2017 Arts Secularism and Modernity
Article Faithful Translation Francis’s guide for faithful, pastoral translation draws from a surprising source and opens up new possibilities By Rita Ferrone October 11, 2017 Liturgy Pope Francis Vatican II
