Pope Leo has focused on issues—immigration, economic justice, war and peace, and artificial intelligence—on which the American polity is hungry for moral guidance.
… 25, the Archdiocese of Chicago reinstated Fr. Michael Pfleger after its Independent Review … radiation treatment for prostate cancer, Fr. Michael Pfleger teared up as he hugged nurses … The allegations against Fr. Michael Pfleger have once again put the …
Patricia Lockwood's latest claims to report “on the state of American Catholicism,” but her essay is ultimately a caricature tailored for the misconceptions of secular readers.
The Eucharist is not just the summit of our Catholic experience. It is also the source of our conviction to live as Christ did, giving ourselves to others in daily life.
In this three-part narrative podcast series, inaugural Centennial Fellow Aaron Robertson chronicles the rise, erosion, and defiant survival of Black Catholic Detroit.
In fiction and nonfiction by Black American Catholics, the parochial school looms large as a place of education, formation, and conversion—for good or ill.
This May, the Women’s Ordination Conference will mark its fiftieth anniversary with another meeting in Detroit, where hundreds of Catholic women will gather to continue their fight for ordination.
If conservative and progressive Catholics are to succeed in reasserting Catholic social teaching, they need to confront neoliberalism’s presence within their own institutions.
“Mr. Wycliff, the bishop says that the Catholic schools are for all Catholic children,” the priest said. “Your children will be welcome in our school.”
With three decades of experience covering religion, politics, and issues of social and cultural import, the award-winning journalist and columnist will help expand the magazine's regular coverage of these areas.
Contributions to this symposium challenge us to think more deeply about how the Church and civil society can recognize and honor the humanity of those dealing with mental illness.
On this episode, Fr. Bryan Massingale argues that the ideology of white Christian nationalism undergirds and explains many of the most egregious policies and actions of the second Trump administration.
For all their differences, both Jordan Peterson and Ross Douthat engage in a pragmatic effort to enlist belief on behalf of a reactionary political project.
Chicago Catholicism is distinctive and one of its own is now the pope. What might Robert Prevost's South Side upbringing teach us about the man who would become Leo XIV?
The complex, sometimes romanticized, but ultimately prophetic Catholic peace movement has critical lessons to teach today's America amid a genocidal war in Gaza.
The 1950 Jubilee Year was a landmark moment for American Catholics, who were coming into their own power—and wealth—during an era of Cold War upheaval.
Is nuclear deterrence the foundation of our national security, or is it an unnecessary expenditure dedicated to inexcusable potential violence? Commonweal authors debate nuclear deterrence versus disarmament.
