From 2015: For those listening carefully in the House chamber, Pope Francis will have presented some quandaries that they are more ready to ignore than to engage.
From 2020: Pope Francis addresses the English-speaking world as the coronavirus pandemic now reaches the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
A recent spate of “eat-the-rich” shows and films—including the Oscar-nominated ‘Triangle of Sadness’—fail to offer any alternative to the ethos of the ultra-wealthy.
An FBI memo rightly highlights the extremist rhetoric of some “Rad Trad” Catholics. But its proposal to infiltrate churches reveals a failure to learn from the past.
U.S. commentators often reduce Taiwan to its relationship with China. But a recent anniversary highlights the island’s unique traumas and democratic accomplishments.
What seems like a never-ending state of crisis has paralyzed Catholicism. This is not the Church of mercy that Francis has been talking about for the past ten years.
The GOP remains a party designed to convert the cultural grievances of white working-class voters into low taxes for the wealthy and austerity for the poor.
El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz speaks with Commonweal about his meeting with Joe Biden—and what leaders in Washington need to know about the reality on the border.
The writer Curtis Yarvin advances a monarchist politics that’s too elitist even for fascism. His only real talent is pitching reaction in a hipster vocabulary.
A new history of international financial institutions raises the question: What balance can be found between sovereignty and international economic cooperation?
Contrary to popular belief, the United States fails to live up to its promised values of freedom and fairness. But are those even the worthy ideals to strive toward?
The long-running homelessness crisis in the United States has reached acute proportions. One cause clearly outpaces others: a lack of affordable housing.
The rise of AI will generate cultural content designed not to be original or even to say anything, but to produce, like a drug, the same experience, again and again.
Even if Xi Jinping rolls back his zero-Covid policy, he won’t relent on the brutal tactics that have kept him in power. Still, China’s people give reason for hope.
In 2022, our contributors covered a lot of ground, from the synod on synodality, to the Ukraine war, to the threat of climate change. Here are some of our favorites.
