Women in the Church
Letter from Rome
It only took thirty-five years, but the Vatican’s Congregation for Saints finally recognized what almost every rational Catholic in the world had already known.
Last Word: A Late Confession
I spent hours into the night in my small convent room, praying that I would get through the next day's lessons without breaking down or bolting. Bolting from Edward.
Gay and Catholic
Tushnet's memoir illuminates a theology of friendship, the outward-looking call to love and serve, devotions to troubled saints, and a healthy anti-clericalism.
'I Want to Be a Sister'
Where do the desires that direct your life find their source? And how and when do they assert themselves through all unlikelihood and doubt?
Men at Work
I want my boys to keep believing there’s nothing they can’t do—but not only because they happen to be boys.
That '70s Church
The catechesis of the 1970s became a cautionary tale, the model of what not to do in passing on the faith. For years I was sympathetic to that analysis. But now?
The U.S. Sisters & the Holy See
The awkward conversation between the LCWR and the CDF may turn out to be just the kind of encounter the church needs.
An Interview with Cardinal Walter Kasper
How is mercy key to understanding God? Commonweal posed this and other questions to Cardinal Walter Kasper.
Last Word: Living Witness
How do you tell a vocation director you’re scared that the life you feel called to may be dying?
The Last Word: The Crewcut
One day in elementary school a boy on the playground punched a nun in the belly. His name was Billy and her name was Marie. It was an accident.
A Chat with Pope Francis
The transcript of the editors’ conversation with the pope has been translated from the original Italian into Latin, then English, then back into Italian ...
The Big Chill
Are we likely to hear from Catholic women who believe responsible use of birth control is compatible with their faith and their vocations as wives any time soon?
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