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How will the Vatican engage with an American political theology that unfolds under the sign of the apocalypse?

Our dysfunctional Constitution has helped save us from Donald Trump.

"I started calling life with a terminal cancer patient 'the Sword of Damocles Life.' My wife and I lived under a constant threat, but not under constant assault."

By participating in the rituals of a Lourdes pilgrimage, Pope Leo will join in a broader search for healing and peace.

To understand the legend of Fr. Camilo Torres, imagine Fulton Sheen, Martin Luther King, and Jimmy Hoffa all rolled into one.

How should the Church respond to theologian Chad Pecknold's controversial decision to take a job in Trump's DHS?

Musician and science writer Jonathan Meiburg speaks with Commonweal about creativity, ignorance, and wonder.

As lethal injections fall out of favor, some states are experimenting with alternatives, from suffocation to firing squads.

A Gen Z democratic socialist who moonlights as a professional wrestler is set to become the next mayor of Providence. How did David Morales do it?

As all eyes turn to Lower Manhattan to mark the anniversary of 9/11, many will pass over the nearly two thousand local memorials made from salvaged World Trade Center steel.

Twenty-five years later, 9/11 continues to cast a shadow on American politics. In remembering the day, we must also remember its tragic aftermath.

In every defiled rectory and every Catholic turned away by scorning catechists, God has died.

"We should love the gods who don’t love us, / I’m reading in a cone of intimate light / beamed on a yellowing page."

"What could the old tree know of Byron’s thoughts / loving another’s love?"