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Politics

Canons & the Candidate

Claiming that Joe Biden does not deserve to receive Communion misinterprets canon law and reduces Catholic theology to a partisan political weapon.
By Nicholas P. Cafardi
September 14, 2020
Religion

Is There a Religious Left?

The Religious Left has been here all along, engaging in protests and helping the vulnerable, a coalition of coalitions not tied to a single faith or set of policies.
By Kaya Oakes
September 7, 2020
Culture

Savers and Unloaders

Physical objects carry meaning for us, but their accumulation can be a kind of spiritual error. Reconciling this contradiction leads us to richer, deeper lives.
By Rand Richards Cooper
August 20, 2020
Culture

The Last Shakers?

The Shakers, who arrived in America in 1774, are a religious community facing extinction. Their decline means nothing less than the end of an idea of heaven.
By Katherine Lucky
November 28, 2019
Books

‘Nameless Greatness’

Novelist Louise Erdrich’s latest book explores her Catholic and Ojibwe roots as it probes a painful period in recent Native American history.
By Anthony Domestico
August 7, 2020
Collections

The Coronavirus

COVID-19 has profoundly affected our daily lives. Catch up with some of Commonweal’s best writing on the political and spiritual ramifications of the virus.
By The Editors
April 21, 2020
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