Article ‘Don’t Invite the Theologians’ Theologians are not the sole solution to the Church’s problems, but it is a mistake to think that setting aside theology or doctrine is the answer.By Paul BaumannMay 31, 2022 U.S. Catholicism Theology Liturgy
Article ‘That’s Hitler!’ The parallels between Hitler’s messaging and Trump’s are impossible to ignore.By Paul BaumannMay 3, 2022 Donald Trump History
Article Love & Common Sense The Church has not always been right, but its call for us to question our contemporary cultural assumptions is more than outdated anthropology.By Paul BaumannApril 17, 2022 LGBTQ issues Continuing the Conversation
Article Living & Walking with Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s causes great suffering for both those it afflicts and the people who love them—but our responses to it can provide a humanizing perspective. By Paul BaumannApril 12, 2022 Death and Dying
Article From the Church to the Woods The Church is more than a vehicle for popular progressive political beliefs. Its complexity should not be so easily dismissed.By Paul BaumannMarch 23, 2022 U.S. Catholicism LGBTQ issues
Article Douthat, Walther, & Me Matthew Walther’s idealization of a faultless Catholic past and a less-democratic future rings hollow.By Paul BaumannFebruary 24, 2022 U.S. Catholicism Domestic Affairs
PoliticsGetting Used to It There are things one shouldn’t get over too quickly, and things one should never get used to. By The EditorsMay 25, 2022
ReligionWhen Timing Is Paramount If Roe is overturned, the USCCB must be ready to emphasize a culture of life that protects and empowers vulnerable women.By Peter SteinfelsMay 9, 2022
Culture‘Still Beloved’ In 1973, Reginald Adams was killed in one of many attacks on gay people in the United States. Now, a new grave commemorates his life and death.By Robert FieselerJune 10, 2022
BooksThe Pope of Russell Square T. S. Eliot understood that we are mostly made of the past, and that to nullify it in the name of progress is to annihilate much that is precious.By Terry EagletonJune 6, 2022
CollectionsFaith & the LGBTQ Community Commonweal writers explore the intersection of faith, politics, aesthetics, and the LGBTQ community.By The EditorsJune 21, 2022