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A Vibrant, Vital Commonweal

Dominic Preziosi succeeds Paul Baumann as Commonweal editor

By Thomas Baker

June 18, 2018

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Princeton Junction, New Jersey

Not to brag, but when people in our area shop for a parish, my parish is the one that wins

By Thomas Baker

September 12, 2017

Cathleen Kaveny, Bishop Robert McElroy, Peter Steinfels

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Prophecy without Contempt – A Commonweal Event Monday, March 7 in NYC (and live online)

By Thomas Baker

February 29, 2016

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Staff Picks: 'Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph' & 'Journey by Moonlight'

By Thomas Baker

December 26, 2015

Music

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Please Give a Moment to Commonweal on Giving Tuesday

By Thomas Baker

December 1, 2015

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Commonweal's Saturday Panel on the Synod: Come in Person, or Watch at Home

By Thomas Baker

September 9, 2015

Must Reads

Politics

Engaging Confederate Nostalgia

For those of us who have a visceral objection to Confederate Memorial Day, how should we engage a worldview that embraces the mythology of the Lost Cause?

By Richard Brown

May 10, 2023

Religion

St. Philip Neri’s Eucharistic Joy

Philip Neri is just the kind of saint we need: a model of lightness of spirit, divine laughter, and extraordinary ordinariness.

By John Rodden

May 26, 2023

Culture

Reckoning With Birth

Birth is one of humanity’s most under-explored subjects. Minimizing birth diminishes one of the greatest powers humans have had: the creation of life itself.

By Jennifer Banks

May 26, 2023

Books

Changing Our Minds About Time

In her latest book, Jenny Odell challenges the very idea of time management.

By Katherine Lucky

May 7, 2023

Collections

Father’s Day

Commonweal writers reflect on their fathers and fatherhood.

By The Editors

June 15, 2022