Religion

Bethlehem is home—even in the significance of its name, the house of bread

We need Christian politicians who are guided by moral law, but realistic, who feel called not to judge the world, but to save it.

Employers' greed, power politics, exploitation, child labor, and general neglect have produced a situation which is the scandal of the world.

Because the humanity of the Capuchin mystic is so evident, Padre Pio's sanctity is all the more impressive.

From the archives: Art isn't good because its characters are good people or its themes "family friendly." Making good Catholic art means thoughtfully engaging with reality.

"Those whose theology he shares frequently distrust him because of his politics, and those with whom he feels at home politically may doubt him because of his theology."

L. de Coninck reflects on his experience of being incarcerated at Dachau for three years as a Catholic priest.

From the archives: In one of the most popular articles from the 1940s, George H. Dunne recognizes and condemns institutional racism in the Church.

“You,” I told the Blessed Mother, “will have to be her mother.”

The purpose of higher education is not to make of the youth a truly wise man, but to equip his mind with an ordered knowledge which will enable him to advance toward wisdom in his manhood.

French novelist Georges Bernanos wrote for Commonweal in the 1940s. In 2019, his thoughts on poverty have never been more relevant

A manifesto by European Catholics sojourning in America.

The first effort we must make is to unlearn a few things.

The story of three men convicted of a murder of which they knew nothing.

Jacques Maritain explores what makes war just and justifiable.

What is the object of social justice according to the thought of the Pope? Undoubtedly, it is the common good.

Episodes in the life of Pope Pius XII illustrate the piety and dignity, the gentle geniality, zeal and self-discipline of the present Vicar of Christ.

Just before M. Maritain’s last sailing for Europe (December, 1938), the editors of The Commonweal put to him a number of questions

The terrain to which the refugee can go is fearfully restricted.

On imagination, faith, and the natural fancy of children

The social order envisioned by the New Deal resembles that demanded by Pope Pius XI in ‘Quadragesimo anno.’

The spread of Christianity in 1930's Japan meets with strong resistance, both political and cultural.

The Church is the strongest connecting link between the old world and the new