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Politics

Keeping the Faith

In the face of continued voter suppression by Republicans, the time has come for new legislation protecting the rights of all American voters.

By The Editors

August 25, 2020

Religion

Trolling the Catholic Vote

CatholicVote seems to think that if every issue is presented as black or white, the pro-life, pro-family Catholic voter will line up obediently at the polls.

By Paul Baumann

August 27, 2020

Culture

Summer Readings & Screenings

Faith in God is an absurdity, as is Christ himself, and the believer must boldly, absurdly choose Christ anyway, again and again and again.

By Griffin Oleynick and Anthony Domestico

August 20, 2020

Culture

Savers and Unloaders

Physical objects carry meaning for us, but their accumulation can be a kind of spiritual error. Reconciling this contradiction leads us to richer, deeper lives.

By Rand Richards Cooper

August 20, 2020

Books

The ‘Canceling’ of Flannery O’Connor?

This summer, Loyola University Maryland hastily decided to remove Flannery O’Connor’s name from one of its buildings. It should never have happened.

By Angela Alaimo O’Donnell

August 3, 2020

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The Coronavirus

COVID-19 has profoundly affected our daily lives. Catch up with some of Commonweal’s best writing on the political and spiritual ramifications of the virus.

By The Editors

April 21, 2020