The Declaration’s grievances offer a portrait of political domination, teaching us what it feels like to be subjects rather than citizens. Can we recognize the predicament it describes?
The United States, on its 250th birthday, is a country in decline. American Catholics should embrace this sour semiquincentennial as a moment for discernment.
The Obama Center is surely a monument to one man’s leadership—but it also issues a call to every American to do their part in making the country a better place.
From the point of AI to the Church's role in slavery, 'Magnifica humanitas' provides a rich analysis of creativity and humanity. Commonweal contributors weigh in.
Chris Jennings's book about violent Christian separatists traces the fracturing of American society. But was America ever whole before, and can it ever be now?
The Eucharist is not just the summit of our Catholic experience. It is also the source of our conviction to live as Christ did, giving ourselves to others in daily life.
Virgil Michel and his friends at the Catholic Worker knew that liturgy and social justice are inseparable—together, they are the source and the fruit of true Christian spirit.
In this three-part narrative podcast series, inaugural Centennial Fellow Aaron Robertson chronicles the rise, erosion, and defiant survival of Black Catholic Detroit.
Pope Leo's call for disarmament leaves room for the possibility that AI can have good uses. But those uses can only be discovered by those who work for flourishing communities.
At Trump's Rededicate 250 event, religious leaders insisted that America was founded as a Christian nation. The claim doesn't withstand historical scrutiny.
October 2025 saw the first known transfer of Church-owned land to a tribal nation as an explicit act of reparation. What can the experiment teach the rest of the Church?
The moment has arrived for a new papal document that would offer a comprehensive Catholic condemnation of authoritarianism and a moral defense of liberal democracy.
If Democrats want to create a durable coalition for a more just society, they must be willing to acknowledge the moral seriousness of pro-life convictions.
By serving as a voice for truth and challenging Americans to think critically about complex political issues, Colbert will go down in history as more than a comedian.
This year’s Venice Biennale was designed to be the most intimate and reflective in recent memory. Instead, it has turned into the most politically clamorous.
Leo’s Catholic critics tend to focus on just-war theory, while ignoring the support of the last several popes for international law and a world governing authority.
Senate candidate James Talarico’s faith-first approach to public service may offer a path out of our toxic politics. But first, he’ll have to win Texas.
The clashes between Leo and the Trump administration underscore how U.S. Catholics have come to behave as though they are religious authorities unto themselves.
President Trump’s supporters have offered some implausible scenarios on the likely outcome of his war with Iran—as well as some wild justifications for it.
The Church is gaining credibility for speaking up for Gospel values in the public square—even when it means criticizing a president that nearly 60 percent of Catholic voters chose.
