Patrick Jordan
‘The Gospel Is Hard’
A Friend Remembers Dorothy Day
The Big Thirst
Water has no substitute. With that maxim, Brahma Chellaney begins his bracing interdisciplinary study of potential conflicts over this most necessary, beautiful, and elusive substance.
Deo Gratias
A Last Word
Where There Is Injury
The church, sexual abuse, and challenges of leadership
Saint of Salvador
A review of the book 'Oscar Romero and the Communion of Saints'
Cloudy Crystal Ball
John L. Allen's The Future Church will disappoint some readers and exhaust others. It recapitulates much of what Allen has reported in recent years and offers an admittedly shaky premise on which to base a forecast.
A Million Flowers
Holy Thursday, March 24, marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Romero. Patrick Jordan, Commonweal’s managing editor, asks: Who was Oscar Arnulfo Romero? And why do people still visit his grave?
