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In a new collection of translated works, the Japanese literary giant Shūsaku Endō wrestles with shame and the relentless pull of faith.

If Democrats hope to return to power, they will have to abandon the conceit that theirs is the party of moral high-mindedness.

Calling Democrats "too woke" won't save the party. It just buys into a zero-sum Republican framing of the issue.

Pope Leo XIV’s first exhortation, on love for the poor, is a tribute to Pope Francis and his predecessor’s namesake.

European history shows how political messianism can destroy the souls of churches. Could that happen in the United States?

Instead of viewing those suffering from mental illness as a threat to be neutralized, police officers must fulfill the duty to serve them.

Daryl Russell Grigsby’s book, grounded in a tradition of Black social justice Catholicism, brings to life the stories of those who try to make of the world a garden.

At the volcano of Popocatépetl, Indigenous traditions and Catholicism come together for Mexican pilgrims.

In the canon of American innovation, Joseph Smith stands alongside Edison, Bell, and the Wright brothers—not for technology, but for theology.

The history of Marian devotion in the Catholic Church is over a millennium old. This weekend, thousands of Catholic pilgrims will gather in Rome to continue this long tradition at the Marian Jubilee.

John Gehring’s 'Reclaiming American Catholicism' is an exhaustive account of Catholicism in the Trump era and all that we face to reclaim the faith.

The sixty-third edition of the New York Film Festival featured works from big-name directors exploring the relationship between art and life.

"I worked with Patrick Jordan at Commonweal for more than twenty years. Pat was one of the most decent people I have ever known."

Patrick Jordan believed that Christians have a responsibility to shape society. He exercised that responsibility primarily through writing.