Article The Spirit in the Assembly The upcoming synod on synodality could be transformative for the Church. But right now, it’s being largely ignored.By Austen IvereighSeptember 16, 2021 Bishops Pope Francis
Article Looking the Other Way Two important decisions this term highlight the power of the Supreme Court’s language to mask grave injustices.By Fernando C. SaldivarSeptember 14, 2021 Supreme Court Pope Francis Foreign Affairs
Article The Limits of ‘Traditionis Custodes’ Anti–Vatican II traditionalism won’t just disappear by papal fiat.By Massimo FaggioliSeptember 2, 2021 Pope Francis Vatican II U.S. Catholicism
Article Breaking the Spell Focusing exclusively on the Church’s putative usefulness in the here and now often causes us to lose sight of other realities.By Paul BaumannAugust 27, 2021 U.S. Catholicism Pope Francis Media
Article The Liturgy Wars The Tridentine rite won’t bring back a golden age in the Church. But defenders of liturgical reform shouldn’t be complacent about their own problems.By Paul BaumannJuly 27, 2021 Vatican II Pope Francis U.S. Catholicism
Article A Living Catholic Tradition With his latest motu proprio, Pope Francis confirms the reformed liturgy as normative for the whole Church, reaffirming the Second Vatican Council.By Rita FerroneJuly 23, 2021 Pope Francis Vatican II Liturgy
PoliticsVisionary Gradualist Pressure To Michael Harrington, socialism was the idea of a society in which certain fundamental limitations of human existence are transcended.By Gary DorrienSeptember 8, 2021
ReligionA Beautiful Day, A Horrible Event From the archives: Faith in the Resurrection does not cancel out what happens on the cross; the cross is its beginning.By John GarveySeptember 11, 2021
ReligionThe Limits of ‘Traditionis Custodes’ Anti–Vatican II traditionalism won’t just disappear by papal fiat.By Massimo FaggioliSeptember 2, 2021
CultureThe Same Anew The poet Donald Revell believes that seeing—true seeing, ecstatic seeing—is the poet’s real task.By Anthony DomesticoSeptember 2, 2021
CultureThere Ought to Be a Law The law is one thing, morality another. Conflating them flattens our public morality into a deadening binary.By Matthew BoudwayMay 24, 2021
BooksLearning What to Want Not all aesthetic consumption is equal, and developing the ability to judge the art we encounter can help transform us.By Nate KlugSeptember 8, 2021
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
