Article A Contentious Trip to Canada An anguished First Peoples’ cry for recognition and reparation was the backdrop for Francis’s visit to Canada this summer.By Michael W. HigginsSeptember 4, 2022 Pope Francis History Indigenous Peoples
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 KlugJune 22, 2022 Books History Indigenous Peoples
Article The Wrong Men Canadian bishops still won’t confront the shameful legacy of residential schools.By Michael W. HigginsJuly 30, 2021 Bishops Foreign Affairs Indigenous Peoples
Article Maxima Culpa The Church should respond to the horror of unmarked graves in Canadian residential schools with apologies, not evasions.By Matt DinanJuly 15, 2021 Indigenous Peoples Bishops Pope Francis Death and Dying
PoliticsLock Him Up? Declining to charge Trump for fear of how his supporters might react would concede to him the one thing he’s always wanted: total impunity.By Griffin OleynickAugust 25, 2022
ReligionGood Samaritans? If we were to frame abortion in Samaritan terms, the Dobbs decision returns the wrong issue to the states.By Meghan SullivanAugust 31, 2022
Religion‘There Will Be Surprises’ Pope Francis’s meetings in Rome bring together cardinals from around the world to discuss Curial reform.By Joshua J. McElweeAugust 30, 2022
ReligionEarnest Desire Pope Francis’s letter on liturgical formation challenges and affirms the People of God as a whole. By Rita FerroneAugust 27, 2022
ReligionMaxima Culpa The Church should respond to the horror of unmarked graves in Canadian residential schools with apologies, not evasions.By Matt DinanJuly 15, 2021
CultureThe Paradox of Public Scholarship Public-facing scholarship has become a given for many academics—but at what cost?By Susan Bigelow ReynoldsSeptember 6, 2022
CultureOnly God Could Join Us to God The poet Michael Robbins and theologian David Bentley Hart on Christianity, Yeats, and growing oldBy Michael Robbins & David Bentley HartAugust 30, 2022
BooksWho’s It For? The question “What makes a story ‘good writing’?” can’t be answered until you know who the story is for.By Eve TushnetAugust 7, 2022
CollectionsAbortion 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
