Feature Synodality & Catholic Amnesia Catholic synodality has a long, rich history. Understanding that history will help the Church flourish.By Shaun BlanchardSeptember 25, 2023 Synodality Pope Francis Vatican II
Article The Pope & the Americans For radical traditionalists in the U.S., Donald Trump is the new Constantine—and Pope Francis is the equivalent of a barbarian invasion.By Massimo FaggioliSeptember 17, 2023 Pope Francis Donald Trump Bishops Synodality
Article Scoring the Synod’s Working Document “In my opinion, Imbelli read the synodal working document as someone mistrusting Francis’s whole project.”By Peter SteinfelsAugust 23, 2023 Pope Francis Religion Synodality
Article A Crucial Absence Is the Cross absent from the Synod on Synodality’s working document? Robert P. Imbelli responds to Peter Steinfels.By Robert P. ImbelliAugust 16, 2023 Religion Pope Francis Synodality
Article A Church with Room for Everyone World Youth Day in Lisbon—almost certainly Pope Francis’s last—was a school in solidarity and synodality.By Austen IvereighAugust 11, 2023 Pope Francis Religion Theology Synodality
Article False Fears about the Synod The Synod needs every bit of constructive help it can get. But mischaracterizing the Instrumentum is not helpful. Nor is raising the specter of Joachim of Fiore.By Peter SteinfelsAugust 9, 2023 Synodality Pope Francis Theology
PoliticsHow Not to Defend Liberalism Technocratic neoliberalism is not the rightful heir of the liberal tradition, but an anti-democratic distortion of it.By Alexander SternSeptember 14, 2023
ReligionBringing Mass to a Migrant Camp “In a migrant camp, liturgy is an act of bricolage.”By Susan Bigelow ReynoldsSeptember 1, 2023
CultureDancing Around Death A new exhibit brings together Tibetan Buddhist and European Christian art, inviting visitors to ponder their ambivalence surrounding death.By Xiao SituSeptember 14, 2023
BooksHelen Keller, Christian Socialist Helen Keller's public image is benignly inspiring. A new book digs into her identity as a radical Leftist whose politics were rooted in her faith.By Nick TaborSeptember 13, 2023
CollectionsConfronting Climate Change Writing from Commonweal on the effects of climate change and our responsibility to care for our common home.By The EditorsSeptember 20, 2021
