Paul Baumann

Article

The Life of a Parish-Life Coordinator

As the number of priests declines, parish-life coordinators like Eleanor Sauers are stepping in to fill administrative and spiritual roles across the country.

By Paul Baumann

October 29, 2020

U.S. Catholicism

Interviews

Laity

Article

Saved by the Bomb?

The complexity of the decision to drop the atom bomb forces us to grapple with our principles and priorities.

October 8, 2020

Article

A Nation in Despair

At this late hour, the list of political norms Donald Trump has violated is mind-numbing. But we cannot let it paralyze us.

September 28, 2020

Article

Trolling the Catholic Vote

CatholicVote seems to think that if every issue is presented as black or white, the pro-life, pro-family Catholic voter will line up obediently at the polls.

August 27, 2020

Article

Masks & Masculinity

The most obstreperous opponents of masks tend to be men, a fact that has been chalked up to machismo and male privilege. But there’s more to it than that.

By Paul Baumann

August 19, 2020

Coronavirus

Gender

Article

The Harper’s Letter

Young journalists have called on media outlets to abandon evenhanded objectivity. But moral clarity is a work in progress, not a done deal.

July 17, 2020

Must Reads

Politics

Trump Can Run Again

The best way to prevent a return of Trumpism (or Trump himself) is for President Biden to champion the American worker through bold policies and appointments.

By Matt Mazewski

November 16, 2020

Religion

The Double Agent

McCarrick was both a product and a manipulator of a system of clericalism that desperately needs to be overhauled.

By David Gibson

November 13, 2020

Culture

Faith Comes Through Hearing

“Some days, although we cannot pray—because we are too busy, or because we are in too much pain, or simply because the words will not come—a prayer utters itself.”

By Christian Wiman

November 15, 2020

Books

The Possibility of Love

Marilynne Robinson's latest novel immerses readers into our complicated national history.

By Valerie Sayers

November 17, 2020

Collections

Fratelli Tutti

A collection of Commonweal’s writing about ‘Fratelli tutti,’ Pope Francis’s most recent papal encyclical, including the symposium from the December 2020 issue.

By The Editors

November 17, 2020