Paul Baumann

An America closer to the ideals Norman Rockwell illustrated—freer from want and prejudice—might be just what we need.

Traditionalism can seem trendy and countercultural, but it is the constancy, not the theatricality, of the Church that offers meaning in a secular world.

Steve Bannon has tried to cast both Trump’s victory and defeat as providential, the first battles in an ongoing war. Let’s hope providence has other plans.

There is nothing recognizably Catholic about the approach to politics or internal Church disagreements taken by Catholics for Choice.

The late Mark Shields was the first honoree of Commonweal’s Catholic in the Public Square award, and a stalwart supporter of the magazine.