Claudia Avila Cosnahan

Claudia Avila Cosnahan is the Mission & Partnerships Director for Commonweal and an instructor and consultant for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

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Feature

Lalo Alcaraz Comes Home

An exhibition celebrates Lalo Alcaraz—the author of the first Latino-themed nationally syndicated political comic strip. It’s classic Alcaraz: direct and very funny.

By Claudia Avila Cosnahan

March 25, 2023

Article

A Reflection for the Second Sunday of Lent

Remembering the deceased is an act of hope. Sharing our faith and experiences together can pull us out of the darkness and into the beauty of Jesus’ life.

By Claudia Avila Cosnahan

March 5, 2023

Death and Dying

Article

Peace, Love & P-22

“The Advent season prepares us to see the incarnation with the Passion in mind. God is all-powerful and in the incarnation is all-vulnerable. Both things are true.”

By Claudia Avila Cosnahan

December 17, 2022

Article

Advent Wind

The images of wind, water, and fire in this Sunday’s Advent Gospel reading invite us to consider what needs cleansing within us.

By Claudia Avila Cosnahan

December 3, 2022

Article

Awake From Sleep

Two months after contracting Covid, the brain fog refuses to lift. The first Sunday of Advent’s readings call me to pray for wakefulness and clarity.

By Claudia Avila Cosnahan

November 26, 2022

Article

Joyful Palms & Crying Stones

Palm Sunday reminds us that some joys cannot be experienced until we have first experienced sorrow.

By Claudia Avila Cosnahan

April 10, 2022

Must Reads

Politics

Donald Trump's New York

Maggie Haberman's book shows how Donald Trump’s New York experience set the context for his odd and sometimes dangerous presidential style.

February 20, 2023

Religion

The Anti-Francis Gatekeepers

The death of Cardinal Pell exposed conservative Catholic efforts to secure the reversal of the Francis agenda at the next conclave.

By Austen Ivereigh

January 27, 2023

Culture

Alone in the City

Edward Hopper’s paintings created a New York that conformed to the contours of his own life. His lonely characters strike a familiar chord for any city dweller.

By Robert Rubsam

February 9, 2023

Books

Two Sides of Dignity

By letting civility happen, we take better care not only of others and of the world itself, but of ourselves.

By Costică Brădăţan

November 2, 2022

Books

A Circle without a Center

Is it important to hire Catholic intellectuals at Catholic universities? What challenges stand in the way?

By Bernard G. Prusak

July 12, 2022

Collections

The Attack on Ukraine

As the crisis in Ukraine continues, we’re featuring articles on the war and what could be to come for Ukrainians and the world as a whole.

March 25, 2022

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