On this episode, historian John Connelly, professor of history at UC Berkeley and an expert on east central Europe, shares insights into the war in Ukraine.
If the institutional Church takes seriously the call to synodality, then its clergy must be willing to humbly consider the Spirit that moves its people.
Sohrab Ahmari’s latest book attempts to answer fundamental questions. But his foggy appeal to tradition misunderstands its purpose and potential in our lives.
Pope Francis’s motu proprio, ‘Traditionis custodes,’ stirred controversy in the Church. Commonweal writers help unpack its motives and potential consequences.
The United States and its partners must continue to view Putin’s crimes with moral clarity while also emphasizing prudence and diplomacy in responding to them.
