Article The Abuse Scandal & Synodality In the United States, there is a growing gap between Catholic academia and the institutional Church, one that hinders our ability to understand the sex-abuse crisis. By Massimo Faggioli June 30, 2022 Higher Education U.S. Catholicism Sexual-abuse Crisis Synodality
Article ‘Born a Democrat, Baptized a Catholic’ The late Mark Shields, political columnist and commentator, offered a positive vision of politics and faith in action. By JOHN CARR June 29, 2022 Death and Dying U.S. Catholicism Media
Article Has Francis ‘insulted’ American Catholics? If Thomas Weinandy’s screed is the product of a traditional Catholic faith, who would want any part of it? By Paul Baumann June 28, 2022 Pope Francis U.S. Catholicism Bishops
Article A Recipe for Bitterness Terence Davies’s ‘Benediction’ explores disappointment with a world that has not lived up to the sacrifices it demands. By Robert Rubsam June 27, 2022 Movies Arts
Article The End of Roe With this Supreme Court ruling, one vexed era has ended, and another is about to begin. By The Editors June 25, 2022 Abortion Supreme Court Editorial
Article The Steadfast Gaze When faced with the horror of war, we want to tame it into something with order and meaning. By Rand Richards Cooper June 23, 2022 War and Peace Ukraine Russia History
Article The Vagaries of God-Making The deification of powerful, sometimes oppressive, men has been present throughout human history and isn’t likely to stop anytime soon. By Nate Klug June 22, 2022 Books History Indigenous Peoples
Article Faith & the LGBTQ Community Commonweal writers explore the intersection of faith, politics, aesthetics, and the LGBTQ community. By The Editors June 21, 2022 LGBTQ issues Sexuality
Article What Is Equity? The Right treats ‘equity’ as an insidious modern invention, but the word and concept have circulated for thousands of years, since Aristotle. By Charles McNamara June 21, 2022 Politics Equity
Feature Closeness & the Common Journey Synodality is an expression of the Church’s responsiveness to Christ. By Bishop Daniel E. Flores, STD June 20, 2022 Synodality U.S. Catholicism Theology Pope Francis