Paul Baumann

Article

Body Parts

The veneration of relics is a hard thing for many Catholics of this time and culture to wrap their minds around. But the practice is humanizing, not superstitious.

By Paul Baumann

August 8, 2019

Article

Throwing Money at a Problem

Endless military adventurism abroad and wasteful spending at home has made the United States weaker, not stronger. We need to make better use of the federal budget.

July 27, 2019

Article

Race & Politics

Making real progress toward racial justice requires the input of all Americans, including the so-called ‘privileged’ side. We need alliances, not recriminations.

July 1, 2019

Article

My Days in Court

Serving as a juror was a welcome respite from the vacuous posturing of so much of our public and political culture today. I’d be happy to do it again.

By Paul Baumann

June 14, 2019

Secularism and Modernity

Domestic Affairs

Columnists

Feature

On the Move

Jacopo Tintoretto has been considered by many, including John Ruskin and Henry James, to be the greatest artist of the Italian Renaissance. His work astounds.

By Paul Baumann

May 24, 2019

Art

Spirituality

Article

Confronting the Specters

Like most human institutions, the church has long avoided telling the truth about much of its past. But that doesn’t mean its understanding of human life is false.

April 25, 2019

Must Reads

Politics

Cross the Bridge

The border crisis could provide an occasion for the bishops to show that they are more than just company men—if only they would seize the opportunity.

By The Editors

August 7, 2019

Religion

Body Parts

The veneration of relics is a hard thing for many Catholics of this time and culture to wrap their minds around. But the practice is humanizing, not superstitious.

By Paul Baumann

August 8, 2019

Culture

Where We Could Go

The best part of the 2019 Whitney Biennial? The growing number of artists who have withdrawn their works in protest of a controversial board member.

By Nicole-Ann Lobo

July 24, 2019

Culture

Mountains, not Screens

Nature provides what technology can’t give. We must remember our responsibility to heal the planet, but we shouldn’t forget its ability to heal us.

By Isabella Simon

July 20, 2019

Books

Danses Macabres

A pair of German novels explore the ways societies rationalize their butchery, revisiting the entire history of twentieth-century Europe.

By John Cotter

August 1, 2019

Books

Throne & Altar

The idea of religious liberty was not simply the product of the Enlightenment. It has ancient origins, going back to early Christians suffering persecution in Rome.

By Francis Oakley

July 31, 2019

Collections

Fiction in Commonweal

To celebrate the publication our summer fiction issue, a new collection of short stories from our archives.

By The Editors

July 30, 2019