Emma McDonald

Emma McDonald, a former Commonweal intern, earned a Master of Arts in Religion with a concentration in ethics from Yale Divinity School in 2019. She will start a PhD in Theological Ethics at Boston College this fall.

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Listening to the Laity

If the church wants to help laypeople make informed decisions about their reproductive choices, it needs to listen more deeply to their concrete experiences

November 27, 2018

Must Reads

Politics

‘The Church Must Be Political’

In light of the upcoming USCCB meeting, Bishop John Stowe discusses the role of politics in the Church.

By John Gehring

November 8, 2021

Religion

Going Gray

Reminders of death—and of the dead—needn't be terrifying.

By Susan Bigelow Reynolds

November 1, 2021

Culture

Babylon & Boogie Street

Throughout Leonard Cohen’s life, he sought a commitment to others that echoed, however imperfectly, Jesus’s love.

By Marcia Pally

November 11, 2021

Books

Power in Perpetuity?

China’s Communist Party has succeeded in large part because of its adaptability. But under Xi Jinping, party structures are changing.

By Elizabeth M. Lynch

November 11, 2021

Collections

The Varieties of Religious Community Today

In the face of precariousness and uncertainty, religious orders and lay Catholic communities model how to live in relation with both one other and God.

By The Editors

October 27, 2021