Paul Baumann

It is far from clear that most Americans understand the dangers of political nihilism in 2024, or even care to understand it.

Liberal Catholicism, which Ross Douthat tends to present as a monolith, comes in various shapes and sizes.

"Like many others, I remember exactly where I was when the verdict came down in 1995. I was in Commonweal’s offices on Dutch Street in lower Manhattan."

In 'We Don’t Know Ourselves,' Fintan O’Toole examines the fitful way in which Ireland eventually embraced a secular liberal modernity.

In the Irish War for Independence, it was never certain who was your enemy and who were your allies.

“If the idea is to improve the average Catholic’s understanding of the Eucharist, I think it is a mistake to catechize on the subject in the homily.”