Must Reads

Politics

Cross the Bridge

The border crisis could provide an occasion for the bishops to show that they are more than just company men—if only they would seize the opportunity.
By The Editors
August 7, 2019
Religion

Body Parts

The veneration of relics is a hard thing for many Catholics of this time and culture to wrap their minds around. But the practice is humanizing, not superstitious.
By Paul Baumann
August 8, 2019
Culture

Where We Could Go

The best part of the 2019 Whitney Biennial? The growing number of artists who have withdrawn their works in protest of a controversial board member.
By Nicole-Ann Lobo
July 24, 2019
Culture

Mountains, not Screens

Nature provides what technology can’t give. We must remember our responsibility to heal the planet, but we shouldn’t forget its ability to heal us.
By Isabella Simon
July 20, 2019
Books

Danses Macabres

A pair of German novels explore the ways societies rationalize their butchery, revisiting the entire history of twentieth-century Europe.
By John Cotter
August 1, 2019
Books

Throne & Altar

The idea of religious liberty was not simply the product of the Enlightenment. It has ancient origins, going back to early Christians suffering persecution in Rome.
By Francis Oakley
July 31, 2019
Collections

Fiction in Commonweal

To celebrate the publication our summer fiction issue, a new collection of short stories from our archives.
By The Editors
July 30, 2019
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