A new book shows Christians what the Coptic martyrs can teach us about living our faith.

The first installment of a brand-new feature in the print magazine: capsule reviews of recently-released books you do not want to miss.

Available for the first time in English translation, the letters of a young German couple whose love of God and each other sustained them against Nazi oppression.

Robert Caro's new book is full of wisdom about the artful practice of journalism, drawn from the prolific biographer's own experience.

Not a single U.S. senator was elected by a majority of eligible voters. That needs to change.

Climate change is a crisis that we have created. But in knowing that we caused it, we also have the power to address it.

A new show at the Barnes in Philadelphia transports audiences into the heart of the Bill Viola’s pioneering inquiries into the phenomenon of visual perception.

It is common to frame a cancer diagnosis in martial terms. Battling cancer; fighting cancer; the war on cancer. It is common, but wrong.

Two new films give audiences the pleasures of the four B’s of pop music: the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, the Beach Boys, and, of course, the Beatles.

Clarence Thomas’s attack on the media is more than obtuse; it is irresponsible and dangerous.

For me prayer is concrete, a form of work. Politicians, though, have a different job, and in the wake of mass shootings, they have a duty to take action.

Daniel Callahan was one of the most influential editors in Commonweal’s history, and the preeminent creator of the field of bioethics. He passed away on July 16.

The newly passed Bill 21 bans many state employees from wearing religious symbols on the job. It marks a serious test for religious freedom in Canada.

A city is noisy, dirty, sometimes cruel, sometimes surprisingly kind, always restless, constantly building over its own past. Like all things, it needs prayer.