An Opera for ‘Life People’ On this special episode, Sister Helen Prejean and bass-baritone Ryan McKinny discuss the Met Opera’s new production of ‘Dead Man Walking.’ Arts Capital Punishment
Article ‘Texas Justice’ Melissa Lucio faces execution, but doubts about her guilt abound.By Isabella SimonMarch 29, 2022 Capital Punishment
Article Dignity & the Death Penalty Rather than introducing unprecedented ‘changes’ to the catechism, Pope Francis has simply pushed his predecessors’ intuitions to their logical conclusion By The EditorsSeptember 10, 2018 Capital Punishment Pope Francis Editorial
Article Why Francis Termed the Death Penalty ‘Inadmissible’ What moral theology underlies the supposed changes to the catechism on capital punishment? It is an authoritative judgment of prudential reasoning.By Cathleen KavenySeptember 5, 2018 Capital Punishment Theology Pope Francis
Article Francis & the Death Penalty I must admit to somewhat retrograde views on the moral legitimacy of the death penalty. I am in all likelihood wrong about this, but I have my reasonsBy Paul BaumannAugust 15, 2018 Capital Punishment Pope Francis Domestic Affairs
Article St. Joseph the Teacher Despite the understandable alarm of some conservatives, the church is much more subject to change than we tend to thinkBy Nicholas FrankovichAugust 13, 2018 Capital Punishment Theology Secularism and Modernity
PoliticsIs ‘Bronze Age Pervert’ Born to Rule? It’s hard to understand how anyone can think of Bronze Age Pervert as a role model, but an alarming number of young would-be fascists apparently do.By Matt McManusNovember 19, 2023
ReligionSold by the Jesuits Rachel L. Swarns's book dives into the history and legacy of the 272 slaves sold by the Jesuits at Georgetown University.By Marcia ChatelainNovember 15, 2023
CultureHave We Become Gods? Tara Isabella Burton’s new book asks: How has self-creation in pursuit of profit become our social ideal?By Brad EastNovember 15, 2023
BooksPreserving Hope for Humanity One fear ties together techno-utopian fantasies and anti-birth environmentalism: the messy, imperfect reality of our human bodies.By Gilbert MeilaenderNovember 1, 2023
CollectionsThe Israel-Palestine Conflict A collection of Commonweal's writings on the Israel-Palestine conflict since 2009By The EditorsNovember 14, 2023
