Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

Mollie Wilson O’Reilly is editor-at-large and columnist at Commonweal.

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Much Obliged

Too often during the pandemic, the Church encouraged us to resent the inconveniences of social distancing instead of supporting us in bearing this cross together.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

August 31, 2021

Coronavirus

U.S. Catholicism

Article

Women’s Work

The Vatican keeps telling bishops that they can allow women to serve. It stops short, even now, of telling them that they should.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

January 26, 2021

Women in the Church

Laity

Article

Stop Shaming Public Schools

Catholic and public schools are undergoing different reopening processes, but that is not an indictment of public education.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

October 5, 2020

Coronavirus

Education

U.S. Catholicism

Article

Working for Justice Means Taking Sides

Defending racist and violent policing as the result of individual “bad apples” doesn’t just obscure larger systemic problems. It hinders the pursuit of justice.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

June 9, 2020

Race

Bishops

U.S. Catholicism