April 2026

Moderated by editor Dominic Preziosi, three journalists weigh in on Pope Leo’s first year as part of the annual Cardinal Bernardin Common Cause Lecture series.

How a key theme of Pope Francis relates to our current crisis—a panel co-sponsored by Georgetown University, USC, and 'Commonweal' magazine

How did Americans become convinced that social problems are better left to the “free” market than to a democratically accountable government?

Political scientist and statistician Ryan Burge discusses polarization, declining institutions, and the future of religion in the United States.

In fiction and nonfiction by Black American Catholics, the parochial school looms large as a place of education, formation, and conversion—for good or ill.

In the world of Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude, things are dire—but it’s often difficult to take them seriously.

Franz Kafka’s sword-wielding Lady Liberty seems like an all-too-fitting symbol of what America has become in Trump’s second term.

Sarah Ruden depicts a St. Perpetua concerned above all with expressing herself. This is a saint who can fit on a coffee mug.

James D. Tabor's new book promises a 'rediscovery' of Mary. His claims are extravagantly speculative.

The postliterate society may also be a postliberal one.