Article Abortion in Italy While Italy’s Catholic hierarchy lamented freedom of abortion, it never tried to mount the kind of culture war that U.S. bishops did.By Massimo FaggioliSeptember 11, 2022 Abortion Vatican
Article The Power to Serve The new apostolic constitution represents a different view of authority, one rooted in humility.By Austen IvereighSeptember 7, 2022 Bishops Pope Francis Vatican
Article ‘There Will Be Surprises’ Pope Francis’s meetings in Rome bring together cardinals from around the world to discuss Curial reform.By Joshua J. McElweeAugust 30, 2022 Synodality Pope Francis Vatican
Article Italy’s Tipping Point? Right-wing parties may take control of Italy this fall, as the Left lacks a socially progressive answer to the populists.By Massimo FaggioliJuly 27, 2022 Foreign Affairs Vatican
Article Rome on Mission Pope Francis’ reform of the Roman Curia is another step towards a synodal Church. By Austen IvereighApril 27, 2022 Vatican Pope Francis
Article Never Again, Again The only hope for humanity is peace.By Susan Bigelow ReynoldsApril 7, 2022 War and Peace Ukraine Russia Vatican
PoliticsLock 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 OleynickAugust 25, 2022
ReligionGood Samaritans? If we were to frame abortion in Samaritan terms, the Dobbs decision returns the wrong issue to the states.By Meghan SullivanAugust 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. McElweeAugust 30, 2022
ReligionEarnest Desire Pope Francis’s letter on liturgical formation challenges and affirms the People of God as a whole. By Rita FerroneAugust 27, 2022
ReligionMaxima Culpa The Church should respond to the horror of unmarked graves in Canadian residential schools with apologies, not evasions.By Matt DinanJuly 15, 2021
CultureThe Paradox of Public Scholarship Public-facing scholarship has become a given for many academics—but at what cost?By Susan Bigelow ReynoldsSeptember 6, 2022
CultureOnly God Could Join Us to God The poet Michael Robbins and theologian David Bentley Hart on Christianity, Yeats, and growing oldBy Michael Robbins & David Bentley HartAugust 30, 2022
BooksWho’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 TushnetAugust 7, 2022
CollectionsAbortion 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 EditorsAugust 30, 2022
