From the universalist faith that God will redeem everyone, I gained a surprising gift: the capacity to forgive my mother, the woman who murdered her, and myself.
Donald Trump bears an uncanny resemblance to Rex Mottram, the businessman and opportunistic British politician in Evelyn Waugh’s ‘Brideshead Revisited.’
Five years after whipping up a loose army of supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol, Trump has deployed a well-funded paramilitary force to execute his authoritarian agenda.
Leo possesses the mind of a mathematician and canon lawyer. He has the makings of an effective manager—even of a sprawling organization like the Church.
Despite the hopes of Catholic traditionalists, Pope Leo has not undone Francis’s limits on the Latin Mass, but other questions about liturgy remain on the synodal table.
As the Trump administration moves the country further into fascism, the times demand an even stronger defense of the human dignity of all life—including Renee Good’s.
In the second episode of our special podcast series, ‘Commonweal’ contributors Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Nick Tabor speak with Molly Worthen, author of ‘Spellbound.’
The Trump administration has exploited and exacerbated the problems besetting science. Our moment demands a new contract answerable to the scientific needs of American society.
