Article Pope Francis at Ten Years A wide-ranging collection of Commonweal’s coverage of the remarkable pontificate of Pope Francis.By The EditorsMarch 12, 2023 Pope Francis Religion Theology Environment
Article Lenten Reflections 2023 This Lenten season, Commonweal contributors reflect on spiritual hunger, remembering the departed, and more.By The EditorsMarch 5, 2023 Spirituality Lent
Article The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI A collection of Commonweal’s writings on the life and legacy of Pope Benedict XVI.By The EditorsJanuary 1, 2023 Pope Benedict XVI Vatican II Sexual-abuse Crisis Theology
Article Christmas Critics 2022 Editors and friends of the magazine recommend books and reflect on the year that was.By The EditorsDecember 14, 2022 Nonfiction Fiction Books
Article Abortion After Dobbs Commonweal writers discuss what Dobbs is likely to mean for abortion law, American politics, and the challenge of creating a “culture of life” worthy of the name.By The EditorsAugust 30, 2022
Article Faith & the LGBTQ Community Commonweal writers explore the intersection of faith, politics, aesthetics, and the LGBTQ community.By The EditorsJune 21, 2022 LGBTQ issues Sexuality
PoliticsAll a Matter of Perspective? Can Catholic health care find a viable middle way between strident voices on both the Right and Left?By Bernard G. PrusakJanuary 27, 2023
ReligionRenunciation and Christian Happiness If union with God in self-sacrificing love is the highest end of a life, providing true happiness, how can we achieve it?By Zena HitzMarch 20, 2023
CultureOn Tradition and the Passion Play How a Bavarian village’s once-a-decade Passion play became a wrenching, intimate, sometimes chaotic psychological theo-dramaBy Susan Bigelow ReynoldsMarch 15, 2023
BooksTwo Sides of Dignity By letting civility happen, we take better care not only of others and of the world itself, but of ourselves.By Costică BrădăţanNovember 2, 2022
BooksWork of Human Hands We shouldn’t be fearful of further transformations in the appearance of the Bible. The Word of God can speak as well in a laptop as from a manuscript.By Luke Timothy JohnsonAugust 19, 2022
CollectionsPope Francis at Ten Years A wide-ranging collection of Commonweal’s coverage of the remarkable pontificate of Pope Francis.By The EditorsMarch 12, 2023