John McGreevy’s book is a gripping history of the modern Catholic Church, an institution at once a stolid purveyor of tradition and an agent of revolutionary change.
Paul Morland’s latest book shows that despite living longer, healthier lives, people are less willing to have children now than at any time in history.
Traditionalism can seem trendy and countercultural, but it is the constancy, not the theatricality, of the Church that offers meaning in a secular world.
Commonweal writers discuss what Dobbs is likely to mean for abortion law, American politics, and the challenge of creating a “culture of life” worthy of the name.
