Article Mass in the Orange Zone COVID-19 restrictions on religious services do not cause ‘irreparable harm.’ They are a sacrifice for the common good.By Paul MosesOctober 19, 2020 Coronavirus U.S. Catholicism Liturgy
Article The Suspended Beauty of the Cross In David Jones’s ‘Crucifixion,’ beauty and brutality are so interwoven that they stun us into silence. By E. R. PowellOctober 18, 2020 Art Spirituality Theology
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 What the Church Owes Families Without concrete policies like generous paid family leave, the Church’s pro-life rhetoric rings hollow.By Annie SelakOctober 15, 2020 U.S. Catholicism Social Justice Web Exclusive
Article False Choices Defending Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb misrepresents both history and moral decision-making. By John Schwenkler & Mark SouvaOctober 14, 2020 Japan War and Peace Foreign Affairs
Article Baptizing White Supremacy An interview with Robert P. Jones examining the relationship of Christianity and white supremacy in America.By Regina MunchOctober 14, 2020 Interviews Race U.S. Catholicism
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
