Article Loving Herself, Regardless Biles’s unwillingness to “power through” was a “no” to the sanctification of grit and the legacy of abuse faced by both U.S. gymnasts and Black women.By Susan Bigelow ReynoldsAugust 4, 2021 U.S. Catholicism Sexual-abuse Crisis Sports
Article From Princes to Managers The Catholic episcopate is an unstable mixture of the modern and premodern. Understanding its history can help us reform it.By Massimo FaggioliMay 9, 2021 Bishops Sexual-abuse Crisis Vatican
Article A Historic Resignation Bishop Hoeppner’s resignation marks a significant advance in the effort to hold prelates accountable for concealing clergy sexual abuse.By Paul MosesApril 16, 2021 Bishops Sexual-abuse Crisis Pope Francis
Article A New Cardinal in D.C. “We’ve now got an opportunity to at least come to the table.” By Katie DanielsDecember 25, 2020 U.S. Catholicism Race Sexual-abuse Crisis
Article The Double Agent McCarrick was both a product and a manipulator of a system of clericalism that desperately needs to be overhauled.By David GibsonNovember 13, 2020 Bishops Sexual-abuse Crisis Clericalism
Article What to Make of the McCarrick Report? Lessons from an investigation years in the makingBy Peter SteinfelsNovember 11, 2020 Bishops Sexual-abuse Crisis Clericalism
PoliticsLooking the Other Way Two important decisions this term highlight the power of the Supreme Court’s language to mask grave injustices.By Fernando C. SaldivarSeptember 14, 2021
ReligionThe Spirit in the Assembly The upcoming synod on synodality could be transformative for the Church. But right now, it’s being largely ignored.By Austen IvereighSeptember 16, 2021
CultureThings Get Broken Leonard Bernstein’s ‘MASS’ explores lament and praise, accidents, and youth lost and found.By Stephen Schloesser, SJSeptember 24, 2021
BooksFractured Remembrance Two memoirs explore the complicated relationships of daughters and their immigrant parents.By Melody S. GeeSeptember 22, 2021
CollectionsConfronting Climate Change Writing from Commonweal on the effects of climate change and our responsibility to care for our common home.By The EditorsSeptember 20, 2021
