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June 15, 2018

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Taking on Abuse in Chile

How can the pope begin to address the pervasive corruption of clerical sex abuse? Women can help.

May 31, 2018

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An Unhealed Wound

From our archives, highlights of a half-century's worth of writing on ‘Humanae Vitae’

By The Editors

June 5, 2018

Contraception mandate

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From “Contraception and Honesty”

What the ‘Humanae vitae’ debate is—and is not—about

By Peter Steinfels

June 4, 2018

Bishops

Contraception mandate

U.S. Catholicism

Sexuality

Poetry

Annual Thaw

“we lay between a body and a cold place, / but today I see only air”

By John Linstrom

June 4, 2018

Poetry

Found in the City

“The concrete below me sounds heavy with pounding— / the light of your light in the air lifts it all.”

By John Linstrom

June 4, 2018

Poetry

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The Bard’s religion, the Kingdom of God, etc.

Readers respond to the prospect of Shakespeare’s Catholicism, the dumbing down of Catholics in church history, the truth about old age, and more

By The Editors

June 4, 2018

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From “A Disembodied ‘Theology of the Body’”

A theology of the body ought at least to have feet that touch the ground

By Luke Timothy Johnson

June 3, 2018

U.S. Catholicism

Sexuality

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From “Sex: How Odd of God”

Humanae vitae was a regressive moment in Catholic history and the history of human sexuality

By Robert G. Hoyt

June 3, 2018

Contraception mandate

U.S. Catholicism

Sexuality

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“Anniversary Waltz,” editorial

Rather than enhancing the church’s teaching on sexuality, the encyclical unwittingly undermined it

By The Editors

June 3, 2018

U.S. Catholicism

Contraception mandate

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From “A Bitter Pill”

A historian explains how silence on contraception drove a regrettable wedge between the clergy and laity on sexual morality

June 3, 2018

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From “The Troubling Spirit”

Sectarianism of “party men” is what threatens the Church—the Catholic Church—today

By William Clancy

June 3, 2018

Contraception mandate

U.S. Catholicism

Article

This is no time to leave the Church, but a time to make it what it should be

From “An Alternative Proposal”

By Daniel Callahan

June 3, 2018

Contraception mandate

U.S. Catholicism

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From “The Encyclical Crisis”

Those who contradict this encyclical must do it out of love for the whole Church, out of love for those whose faith is endangered

By Bernhard Häring

June 3, 2018

U.S. Catholicism

Contraception mandate

Bishops

Article

“The Symbol of Birth Control,” editorial

The birth control debate is the great symbol of the Church’s attempt to come to terms with its own history

By The Editors

June 3, 2018

Contraception mandate

U.S. Catholicism

Article

What Are We Waiting For?

Poverty forces us toward others, and this communion is the real wealth of Christians.

By Marc Barnes

June 3, 2018

Poverty

Spirituality

Secularism and Modernity

Death and Dying

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Worthy of His Name

Wim Wenders talks about his new documentary on Pope Francis

June 1, 2018

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Promoting Torture

Gina Haspel's refusal to accept responsibility for her role in the Bush administration's use of torture is deeply troubling

By The Editors

May 30, 2018

Editorial

Domestic Affairs

Foreign Affairs

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From “Contraception and the Council”

For the first time, as the culmination of a slow evolution, a council gave authoritative teaching on coital purpose

By John T. Noonan

May 28, 2018

U.S. Catholicism

Contraception mandate

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That love which makes youth beautiful has for its aim and issue a creative act, the founding of a family

From “Religion and Sex”

By G. K. Chesterton

May 28, 2018

Sexuality

Bioethics

Contraception mandate

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An Introduction to ‘Commonweal’ & ‘Humanae Vitae’

‘Commonweal’ has published more than its fair share of such commentary on ‘Humanae Vitae’, most of it questioning the encyclical’s reasoning

By Paul Baumann

May 28, 2018

Contraception mandate

U.S. Catholicism

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Keeping the Rhythm

After a miscarriage, Martin Luther's classic hymn, "A Mighty Fortress is Our God," provides inspiration and solace to a poet and his wife

May 28, 2018

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From Eternity to Here

From the time of the Papal States until now, Rome's urban landscape has undergone intense modification

By Ingrid D. Rowland

May 27, 2018

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