Article St. Bernadette’s Blockhouse As one of France’s foremost public intellectuals, Paul Virilio explored themes like rapid modernization, technology, and the eclipse of privacyBy Dean DettloffJanuary 20, 2019 Spirituality Saints Arts War and Peace The Last Word
Article The Radical Ministry of Fr. Thomas Hagerty Charismatic, combative, and silver-tongued, Fr. Thomas Hagerty waged a life-long struggle for the working class, all while remaining “as Catholic as the pope.”By Dean DettloffMay 1, 2019 Economy U.S. Catholicism Social Justice
PoliticsAll a Matter of Perspective? Can Catholic health care find a viable middle way between strident voices on both the Right and Left?By Bernard G. PrusakJanuary 27, 2023
ReligionRenunciation and Christian Happiness If union with God in self-sacrificing love is the highest end of a life, providing true happiness, how can we achieve it?By Zena HitzMarch 20, 2023
CultureOn Tradition and the Passion Play How a Bavarian village’s once-a-decade Passion play became a wrenching, intimate, sometimes chaotic psychological theo-dramaBy Susan Bigelow ReynoldsMarch 15, 2023
BooksTwo 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 BrădăţanNovember 2, 2022
BooksWork of Human Hands We shouldn’t be fearful of further transformations in the appearance of the Bible. The Word of God can speak as well in a laptop as from a manuscript.By Luke Timothy JohnsonAugust 19, 2022
CollectionsPope Francis at Ten Years A wide-ranging collection of Commonweal’s coverage of the remarkable pontificate of Pope Francis.By The EditorsMarch 12, 2023