Article “A Bronx Tale” Reeking of exhaust and incinerators, the Bronx was full of pizzerias, German and Jewish delis, and Irish bars—in other words, it was home By Peter Quinn December 12, 2018 U.S. Catholicism Immigration Vatican II
Article Lethal Hypocrisy Our willingness to indulge the Saudi government makes a mockery of our democratic ideals. In January, Congress must act quickly to change course By The Editors December 11, 2018 Editorial Foreign Affairs Donald Trump Muslim-Christian Relations
Article ‘It’s Up to God’ Contrary to the paranoia encouraged by the Trump administration, migrants are people of deep faith, guilty only of looking for a home. By Joseph Sorrentino December 11, 2018 Immigration Spirituality Donald Trump
Article ‘The Invention of the Antichrist’ The Barth-Przywara debate on human nature went on for decades, even under the shadow of war and genocide; surprisingly, it ended in a hopeful place By Marcia Pally December 10, 2018 Theology Philosophy Vatican II
Article Thomas Merton at Commonweal A selection of the monk, poet, and social critic’s spiritual writings from the archives By The Editors December 10, 2018 Books Spirituality
Article Merton & Blake, Revisited Thomas Merton and William Blake were unorthodox religious visionaries, joined by a shared predilection for the paradoxes at the heart of Christianity By Michael W. Higgins December 8, 2018 Arts Poetry Spirituality Religious Life
Article There & Back Again A collection of stocking stuffers for a commuter you love By Kate Lucky December 8, 2018 Fiction Poetry Nonfiction
Article Venerable Beads I didn’t have a rosary to lend my husband. Which made me wonder: Where do you buy a rosary? By Regina Munch December 7, 2018 Spirituality The Last Word
Article Left to Their Devices At the same time Jacobs celebrates the cultural influence the Christian humanists enjoyed, he also presents them as unheeded voices in the wilderness By David Sessions December 6, 2018 Secularism and Modernity Theology Poetry Philosophy
Feature Sounding the Secret Depths A new show at the Guggenheim museum showcases Hilma af Klint, a radical Swedish artist whose work pioneered spiritual abstraction By Griffin Oleynick December 6, 2018 Arts Spirituality Theology
Article An Open Invitation We’re calling for your stories. Why did you come to the church? Why did you leave? Why do you stay? By The Editors December 6, 2018 Spirituality U.S. Catholicism Continuing the Conversation
Article Same Process, New Story As a federal prosecutor, Rudy Giuliani regularly obtained convictions through “process cases”—the same strategy that he now objects to in the Mueller probe By Paul Moses December 5, 2018 Donald Trump Russia
Article Time Is on Our Side For anyone who feels mired in the quicksand of the virtual now, the chance to use the liturgical calendar as a lifeline is now within reach By Cassandra Nelson December 5, 2018 Theology Spirituality The Last Word
Article ‘The Nun’s Story’ Revisited However much we may admire the austerities and asceticism of pre-Vatican II religious life, the film depicts a closed world to which we cannot return By Paul Baumann December 4, 2018 Movies Spirituality Religious Life Women in the Church
Article Poem | The Astronaut’s Body No need for these muscles, these bones / Here, they are a burden. / I let them thin. By Bill Ayres December 3, 2018 Poetry