U.S. Catholicism
Robert E. White, 1926 - 2015
Robert White never forgot the murders of four churchwomen in El Salvador, and never ceased pressing for better political and economic conditions in Latin America.
The Future of Baby-Making
Sex for the fun of it, children if and when we choose and of the sort we choose. But would such a world be good for children? And would it be good for sex?
Mario Cuomo & Commonweal
Mario Cuomo, who died on January 1, 2015, maintained "an extensive, friendly, always civil although not always harmonious relationship with Commonweal,"...
Mario Cuomo, Politician
A governor of modest achievements, Mario Cuomo nonetheless left a mark on the nation's broader political debates and offered a forceful rebuttal to Reaganism.
The Conscience of Mario Cuomo
There will never be another politician like Mario Cuomo, a man shaped by a different age. Yet he taught lessons that will always be fresh.
'Til Faith Do Us Part
Since 1960, the number of interfaith marriages in the U.S. has more than doubled. Do couples considering marriage underestimate the significance of religion?
A Brief for the Baroque
How much has Milwaukee's Basilica of St. Josaphat cost over the past century? The rough answer is: many millions. Whether it's worth the cost is an ancient debate.
'I Want to Be a Sister'
Where do the desires that direct your life find their source? And how and when do they assert themselves through all unlikelihood and doubt?
Married to the Past
Laws that once upheld the "traditional views" of marriage social conservatives advocate were dismantled piece by piece because they inflicted other moral costs.
Letters | More on that '70s church
Continuing Cathy Kaveny's conversation about catechesis, one reader raises a challenge for the church.
Pope Frank
"Speak frankly,” Pope Francis said at the opening of this month’s Extraordinary Synod on the Family. “Let no one say, ‘I can’t...
Teach Me to Be Generous
Written with the school’s cooperation, this history recounts the story of Regis High School warts-and-all, including the intrigues surrounding its founding.
