Olivier Messiaen’s ‘Three Small Liturgies’ debuted as war raged in Europe. Now we listen to his masterpiece in a new context—Christmas during a pandemic.
Joe Biden’s Irish-Catholic background and personal experience of suffering have made him an eloquent and empathetic mourner for people across the political spectrum.
A collection of Commonweal’s writing about ‘Fratelli tutti,’ Pope Francis’s most recent papal encyclical, including the symposium from the December 2020 issue.
