Article Santo? Dubito We don’t need to keep canonizing former popesBy Mollie Wilson O'ReillyMarch 3, 2018 Pope Francis Pope John Paul II Columnists
Article Democracy Is the Problem? Understanding the return of Catholic anti-liberalismBy Massimo FaggioliFebruary 12, 2018 U.S. Catholicism Vatican II Pope John Paul II Contraception mandate
Article Was It Better Back Then? Some segments of American Catholicism seem enchanted with medieval ChristianityBy Massimo FaggioliNovember 13, 2017 U.S. Catholicism Vatican II Pope Francis Pope Benedict XVI Pope John Paul II
Article Open to Opposition The pope’s critics probably didn’t intend to make room for Francis’s reform of the church’s culture, but that is what they’re doingBy Paul MosesOctober 3, 2017 Pope Francis Vatican II Bishops Pope Benedict XVI Pope John Paul II
Article Francis’s Plan for the Theology of the Body How will the revamped pontifical institute for ‘Matrimonial and Family Science’ answer questions about Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body?By Paul MosesSeptember 27, 2017 Sexuality Ethics Pope John Paul II Pope Francis
Article A Forceful Essay Hits a Nerve Spadaro and Figueroa identify pathologies in U.S. conservative Catholicism that need to be cured By Anthony AnnettJuly 28, 2017 U.S. Catholicism Domestic Affairs Donald Trump Pope Francis Pope John Paul II Web Exclusive
PoliticsShameful & Shameless The morally shameful policy of separating children from their parents at the border demands explicit and sustained condemnationBy The EditorsJune 19, 2018
ReligionLetter from Ireland For supporters of repeal in the Irish abortion referendum, the vote signified both a corrective to authority and a path forward for a contemporary country By Christopher BudziszJune 18, 2018
CultureJane Kenyon’s Peonies Against Kenyon’s poetic gaze, the flower becomes not only an object of beauty but a metaphor for all seasons of lifeBy Steven KnepperJune 16, 2018
BooksMen Reviewing Men Despite writing for progressive publications, it took seven years before I was asked to review a novel by a female authorBy Anthony DomesticoJune 13, 2018
CollectionsAn Unhealed Wound We have combed our archives in search of the most lively reactions to ‘Humanae Vitae’By The EditorsJune 5, 2018
CollectionsMeeting the Stranger A Catholic response to refugees and immigration through the pages of CommonwealBy The EditorsFebruary 14, 2018
