U.S. Catholicism

Article

The One Missing Fact

In reporting one of the biggest stories to hit the Catholic Church in recent years, EWTN was neither reliable nor accurate.

By Paul Moses

January 7, 2021

U.S. Catholicism

Politics

Article

Public Health v. Culture War

Measures to restrict Mass attendance in a pandemic can be imperfect without being unconstitutional.

January 4, 2021

Article

‘Worship of a False God’

Fr. Bryan Massingale speaks about why racism persists in America and the Church: because racist policies and structures benefit white people.

December 27, 2020

Article

A New Cardinal in D.C.

“We’ve now got an opportunity to at least come to the table.”

December 25, 2020

Article

Biden the Catholic

Joe Biden’s success as president will lie in his governing, not in his piety.

By Paul Baumann

December 24, 2020

Joe Biden

U.S. Catholicism

Article

A Reset With Rome, But Not at Home

The Vatican may welcome the normalcy of a Biden presidency, but the reaction of U.S. bishops highlights the partisan divide in the Catholic Church.

November 23, 2020

Must Reads

Politics

Redemption & Suffering in Joe Biden’s Eulogies

Joe Biden’s Irish-Catholic background and personal experience of suffering have made him an eloquent and empathetic mourner for people across the political spectrum.

By Paul Moses & Michael Connor

November 7, 2020

Religion

The Bundist Rabbi

An organized pursuit of justice is both Michael Feinberg’s work and his passion.

By Fran Quigley

January 2, 2021

Religion

‘Worship of a False God’

Fr. Bryan Massingale speaks about why racism persists in America and the Church: because racist policies and structures benefit white people.

By Regina Munch

December 27, 2020

Culture

‘Our Eucharist Is a Feast’

Both simple and profound, liturgical inculturation reflects the reality that liturgy has always drawn on local cultures.

By Rita Ferrone

January 5, 2021

Books

Apocalypse Now

A collection of essays by Elisa Gabbert explores how we respond collectively and individually to tragedy.

By Katherine Lucky

January 10, 2021

Books

Without God or Reason

Two new collections of Albert Camus’ work reveal the foundations of his future writing.

By Morten Høi Jensen

January 6, 2021

Collections

Fratelli Tutti

A collection of Commonweal’s writing about ‘Fratelli tutti,’ Pope Francis’s most recent papal encyclical, including the symposium from the December 2020 issue.

By The Editors

November 17, 2020