Article Following St. Francis Pope Francis’s namesake saint provides a model for how Catholics should approach interreligious dialogue. By Paul MosesOctober 17, 2020 Muslim-Christian Relations Pope Francis Media
Article Examining the Encyclical Catholics should read Francis’s new encyclical not just for what it says, but also for how it says it.By Massimo FaggioliOctober 9, 2020 U.S. Catholicism Pope Francis Religious Life
Article Pope Francis’s Call to Fraternity At the core of ‘Fratelli tutti’ is Francis’s conviction that the world is fast losing its sense of the oneness of the human family. By Austen IvereighOctober 4, 2020 Pope Francis
Article Cardinal Becciu, and Beyond What might the firing of the powerful prelate signify about Francis’s approach to curial reform?By Massimo FaggioliOctober 1, 2020 Pope Francis Bishops Foreign Affairs
Article What Francis Means by ‘Fratelli Tutti’ Yes, we should be concerned about the all-male ‘Fratelli tutti.’ But we need a more expansive, charitable view of Francis’s deliberate word choices.By Carmen M. Nanko-FernándezSeptember 24, 2020 Pope Francis Theology Poverty
Article A Church That Is Poor? What to make of the fact that the Catholic Church received $1.4 billion from the U.S. government’s Paycheck Protection Program? It’s complicated.By Massimo FaggioliJuly 24, 2020 Economy U.S. Catholicism Pope Francis Theology Vatican II
PoliticsWill a Plebiscite Bring Reform in Chile? Mass demonstrators want to re-legitimize, reconstruct, and reconfigure Chile’s political foundation. But first, Chile must get past the pandemic.By Santiago RamosSeptember 1, 2020
ReligionPope Francis’s Call to Fraternity At the core of ‘Fratelli tutti’ is Francis’s conviction that the world is fast losing its sense of the oneness of the human family. By Austen IvereighOctober 4, 2020
CultureDrinking Alone Moving to a Rust Belt town taught me that real solidarity is harder than it looks.By Jonathan MalesicJuly 13, 2020
BooksD. H. Lawrence, Arch-Heretic Nature is central to this collection of D. H. Lawrence’s nonfiction, from New Mexican deserts to flowering Tuscan hills. By George ScialabbaOctober 10, 2020
CollectionsThe 2020 Presidential Election Amid the confusion created by the pandemic, one thing is clear: the 2020 election will be unlike any other. Here’s some of Commonweal’s best writing on the subject.By The EditorsSeptember 11, 2020
