Article The Truth, Finally When living in fear, speaking our truth can be one of the hardest things in the world to do. And yet God still calls for our realest selves, and replies with love. By AnonymousJanuary 26, 2022 The Last Word Ethics
Article The Christ Life If the first Mass at the Last Supper welcomed a mix of allegiance and desertion, the here-and-now Church cannot do otherwise. By George Dennis O’BrienJanuary 14, 2022 The Last Word Spirituality Literature
Article Love Means Answering the Mail Taking time away from the Catholic Worker only made Dorothy Day realize how “love calls us to the things of this world.”By James M. LangNovember 27, 2021 The Last Word Spirituality
Article They Were Here Writing graffiti can be a small rebellion, a sign that people passing through mattered.By Daniel WaldenOctober 27, 2021 Saints The Last Word
Article The Why & the How If having a purpose is your motivation, what happens when the floor falls out and the realization of all those plans becomes impossible?By Gordon MarinoSeptember 5, 2021 Death and Dying The Last Word
Article Things Objects in a novel or story are created, chosen, and hand-delivered by the author, and as such they all quiver with meaning.By Alice McDermottAugust 7, 2021 Fiction Books The Last Word
PoliticsThe Art of the Possible How can Democrats salvage parts of their agenda after they failed to pass Build Back Better?By The EditorsJanuary 21, 2022
ReligionWelcoming the Stranger For Jesuit Relief Services executive director Joan Rosenhauer, refugee resettlement and support is the mission at the heart of Catholicism.By John GehringJanuary 13, 2022
CultureMirror, Mirror A major retrospective devoted to the art of Jasper Johns affords new visions of the artist, and ourselves.By Griffin OleynickJanuary 12, 2022
CultureThe Empowerment Trap The documentary LuLaRich shows how the LuLaRoe multilevel-marketing scheme preyed on women’s desire to balance careers with families.By Emma McDonaldJanuary 6, 2022
BooksHard-Won Wisdom Lucille Clifton’s re-issued memoir celebrates life, acknowledges difficult times, and recognizes beauty wherever it can be found.By Clifford ThompsonJanuary 15, 2022
CollectionsChristmas Critics 2021 Editors and contributors recommend books at the end of the year.By The EditorsDecember 15, 2021
CollectionsThomas Merton at Commonweal A selection of the monk, poet, and social critic’s spiritual writings from the archivesBy The EditorsDecember 10, 2018
