Article Giving Doctors a Say Giving medical professionals some agency in end-of-life decisions can be consistent with church teaching. We just need to integrate the concept of futility.By Michael RedingerFebruary 24, 2020 Bioethics Death and Dying End-of-life Issues Health Care
Article Envisioning the Afterlife What is the afterlife? How do we value lives different from our own? We can’t know what comes next, but philosophy urges us to confront the questions.By Meghan SullivanApril 9, 2019 Philosophy End-of-life Issues Spirituality The Last Word
Article Closing Remarks The late poet laureate’s last book offers sardonic wit as it moves toward lifeBy William H. PritchardJuly 7, 2018 Poetry End-of-life Issues
Article Out of Reach Confronting the sadness and regret of a father’s remotenessBy Peter QuinnOctober 4, 2017 End-of-life Issues
Article Giving Grief Its Due Who better to shepherd us through reams of writing about death than Edwidge Danticat?By Valerie SayersAugust 23, 2017 Books End-of-life Issues
Article Updated: The Best for Charlie Does Charlie Gard's treatment offers hope of benefit that is proportionate to the suffering Charlie is experiencing?By Lisa FullamJuly 12, 2017 Ethics End-of-life Issues
PoliticsMake Them Pay The Pandora Papers should remind us to hold the wealthy accountable, at home and abroad.By The EditorsOctober 21, 2021
Religion‘The Problem Remains’ France’s report on clerical sexual abuse reveals a problem with institutional causes that must still be addressed.By Massimo FaggioliOctober 17, 2021
CultureFirst Contact What would we have to fear—or learn—from an encounter with extraterrestrials?By Santiago RamosOctober 16, 2021
BooksSilence & Contradiction The poetry of San Juan de la Cruz forgets the familiar, easy, and convenient, slipping into darkness and unknowing to find God.By Sharon MesmerOctober 13, 2021
CollectionsConfronting Climate Change Writing from Commonweal on the effects of climate change and our responsibility to care for our common home.By The EditorsSeptember 20, 2021
