Regina Munch

Article

Smothering the Coptic Church

A fire that killed forty-one reveals the less-obvious difficulties Coptic Christians endure as part of daily life.

By Regina Munch

August 26, 2022

Middle East

Foreign Affairs

Article

A Ceasefire in Yemen

The United States has contributed to the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen. We have a moral duty to make sure that children do not starve there as a result.

By Regina Munch

April 26, 2022

War and Peace

Middle East

Article

Heads & Tales

Mary Beard’s latest book invites readers into a deeper exploration of images of Roman emperors. Why have they remained significant to modern people?

April 2, 2022

Article

The Pillage of Afghanistan

Biden’s executive order punishes ordinary Afghans for crimes committed by Al Qaeda and siphons off the country’s wealth as it faces a deadly famine.

February 22, 2022

Article

Starving Afghanistan

Afghanistan faces a famine that puts 23 million people at risk of starvation. But the United States refuses to offer aid.

By Regina Munch

November 18, 2021

Foreign Affairs

Middle East

Feature

A Spirit of Abundance

Is an intentional community like Bethlehem Farm actually a sustainable model of community life that more Catholics should emulate?

By Regina Munch

October 28, 2021

The Varieties of Religious Community Today

U.S. Catholicism

Spirituality

Must Reads

Politics

Lock Him Up?

Declining to charge Trump for fear of how his supporters might react would concede to him the one thing he’s always wanted: total impunity.

By Griffin Oleynick

August 25, 2022

Religion

Good Samaritans?

If we were to frame abortion in Samaritan terms, the Dobbs decision returns the wrong issue to the states.

By Meghan Sullivan

August 31, 2022

Religion

‘There Will Be Surprises’

Pope Francis’s meetings in Rome bring together cardinals from around the world to discuss Curial reform.

By Joshua J. McElwee

August 30, 2022

Religion

Earnest Desire

Pope Francis’s letter on liturgical formation challenges and affirms the People of God as a whole.

By Rita Ferrone

August 27, 2022

Religion

Maxima Culpa

The Church should respond to the horror of unmarked graves in Canadian residential schools with apologies, not evasions.

By Matt Dinan

July 15, 2021

Culture

The Paradox of Public Scholarship

Public-facing scholarship has become a given for many academics—but at what cost?

By Susan Bigelow Reynolds

September 6, 2022

Culture

Only God Could Join Us to God

The poet Michael Robbins and theologian David Bentley Hart on Christianity, Yeats, and growing old

By Michael Robbins & David Bentley Hart

August 30, 2022

Books

Who’s It For?

The question “What makes a story ‘good writing’?” can’t be answered until you know who the story is for.

By Eve Tushnet

August 7, 2022

Collections

Abortion After Dobbs

Commonweal writers discuss what Dobbs is likely to mean for abortion law, American politics, and the challenge of creating a “culture of life” worthy of the name.

By The Editors

August 30, 2022