Feature Things Get Broken Leonard Bernstein’s ‘MASS’ explores lament and praise, accidents, and youth lost and found. By Stephen Schloesser, SJ September 24, 2021 Music History
Greener Pastures Journalist Gracy Olmstead explains how small farms, and the communities they nurture, could help make life in America fairer and more meaningful. Environment Economy
Article Fractured Remembrance Two memoirs explore the complicated relationships of daughters and their immigrant parents. By Melody S. Gee September 22, 2021 Nonfiction Immigration
Article Confronting Climate Change Writing from Commonweal on the effects of climate change and our responsibility to care for our common home. By The Editors September 20, 2021 Climate Change Environment
Article The Forever War Continues The United States’s military interest in the Persian Gulf reflects an outdated status quo of oil dependence. By Andrew J. Bacevich September 20, 2021 Foreign Affairs War and Peace Middle East
Article The History Wars A new book charts the debates over changes in American self-definition. By Thomas Koenig September 19, 2021 Domestic Affairs History Nonfiction
Feature Hope & Hesitancy Italy faces a political and religious turning point in the upcoming years. Where will the country go from here? By Massimo Faggioli September 17, 2021 Vatican Foreign Affairs
Article The Spirit in the Assembly The upcoming synod on synodality could be transformative for the Church. But right now, it’s being largely ignored. By Austen Ivereigh September 16, 2021 Bishops Pope Francis
Article A Deeper Disaffiliation If the Eucharist is an encounter with the living person of Jesus Christ, then disaffiliation from the Eucharistic liturgy is defection from Jesus Christ himself. By Robert P. Imbelli September 15, 2021 Bishops U.S. Catholicism
