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Leo’s Transatlantic Task How will Pope Leo navigate a growing hostility between the United States and the European continent?

How will Pope Leo navigate a growing hostility between the United States and the European continent?

Analysis from @massimofaggioli.bsky.social:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/massimo-fagg...

Bernard the Elder Remembering Bernard P. Prusak: inspiring teacher, prolific theologian, and loving father.

"Despite my sharing so much with my father, and even being confused with him, he was a man of his own generation—but also very much his own man."

Bernard G. Prusak remembers Bernard P. Prusak:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/prusak-berna...

The Cruelty Inside The Trump administration is constructing a network of concentration camps on U.S. soil. Have the American people seen enough?

"The realization is dawning: if the administration can strip the rights of so many, then no one’s rights are safe."

@regmunch.bsky.social: What happens after an ICE disappearance?
www.commonwealmagazine.org/munch-trump-...

The Cruelty Inside The Trump administration is constructing a network of concentration camps on U.S. soil. Have the American people seen enough?

Get mad, get organized, say no to your local concentration camp.

www.commonwealmagazine.org/munch-trump-...

An article from one of America's leading Catholic publications.

The Cruelty Inside The Trump administration is constructing a network of concentration camps on U.S. soil. Have the American people seen enough?

The Trump administration is constructing a network of concentration camps on U.S. soil. Have the American people seen enough?

@regmunch.bsky.social: 'The Cruelty Inside'
www.commonwealmagazine.org/munch-trump-...

Inside the Core: Celebrating a Faculty Member's Article Jonathan Heaps, Toth-Lonergan visiting professor and Core adjunct faculty member, recently published an article in Commonweal, linking the ideas of Bernard Lonergan to our contemporary world.

A nice little write-up from one of my bosses at @setonhall.bsky.social about my recent piece in @commonweal.bsky.social www.shu.edu/core-curricu...

Waugh Warned Us Donald Trump bears an uncanny resemblance to Rex Mottram, the businessman and opportunistic British politician in Evelyn Waugh’s ‘Brideshead Revisited.’

"Waugh Warned Us" By Paul Baumann "Before Donald Trump, there was Rex Mottram" @commonweal.bsky.social
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Champions of Apathy Catholic teaching prioritizes people over markets. Neoliberals would rather change the Church than change the economy.

Catholic teaching prioritizes people over markets. Neoliberals would rather change the Church than change the economy.

@henrysnow.bsky.social: 'Champions of Apathy'
www.commonwealmagazine.org/champions-ap...

The Priesthood’s Ritual Logic Like many American Catholics, I was initially certain that the Church's refusal to ordain women was an archaic bit of chauvinism, something that should give way to a liberal emphasis on the equality o...

Paul Baumann: Like many American Catholics, I was initially certain that the Church’s refusal to ordain women was an archaic bit of chauvinism.

I am no longer certain that is the real issue.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/baumann-wome...

Spellbound Forty percent of Americans are spellbound by Donald Trump. Breaking down the right-wing media’s Iron Curtain will be a very long-term project.

George Scialabba: Can American democracy survive a MAGA electorate?
www.commonwealmagazine.org/spellbound

Things Will Get Better Before They Get Worse For Bernard Lonergan, the drama of human history is—even right now, even in the United States—in the process of being redeemed by God through grace.

"Lonergan’s philosophy of history anticipates that, in situations like ours, things will get better before they get worse."

@jonathanrheaps.bsky.social on how Bernard Lonergan can help us make sense of our chaotic present:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/heaps-jonath...

ICE Wants You! Under Trump, state propaganda marshals Americana in the service of nativism.

Under Trump, state propaganda marshals Americana in the service of nativism.

@paulbmoses.bsky.social on Trump's propaganda posters:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/moses-trump-...

The Little Hours of Delaney Hall A prayer service outside a Newark DHS detention center was a reminder that, for Christians, every prison and every tyrant is a temporary thing.

A prayer service outside a Newark DHS detention center was a reminder that, for Christians, every prison and every tyrant is a temporary thing.

@kevjg.bsky.social: 'The Little Hours of Delaney Hall'
www.commonwealmagazine.org/little-hours...

An Olive Branch Charles Murray's 'Taking Religion Seriously' is not a serious exploration of Christian belief.

Charles Murray’s ‘Taking Religion Seriously’ is not, ultimately, a serious exploration of Christian belief.

James Chappel reviews:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/chappel-char...

The Politics of Empty Chairs By exiting international organizations, Trump creates a void that will be filled by competition, force, and fragmentation.

By exiting international organizations, Trump creates a void that will be filled by competition, force, and fragmentation.

The latest from @antoniospadaro.bsky.social:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-spadar...

Leo & Liturgy Despite the hopes of Catholic traditionalists, Pope Leo has not undone Francis’s limits on the Latin Mass, but other questions about liturgy remain on the synodal table.

Despite the hopes of Catholic traditionalists, Pope Leo has not undone Francis’s limits on the Latin Mass.

Rita Ferrone on Leo and the liturgy:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-liturgy

You might notice that we've given Commonwealmagazine.org a modest makeover.

We hope the website now looks a little more like the magazine itself: a curated selection of writing on democracy, faith, and the common good, meant to reward attention.

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Here to note that we've introduced some changes to the @commonweal.bsky.social homepage... why not take a look?
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We’ve given the 'Commonweal' website a refresh.

In a moment of cultural chaos and rising authoritarianism, we want the site to be a haven for sustained reflection—one that reflects the full range of our coverage.

Check out the new Commonwealmagazine.org, and let us know what you think!

Alex Pretti, Martyr By his spontaneous example, Alex Pretti called all Americans, but especially American Christians, to account.

By his spontaneous example, Alex Pretti called all Americans, but especially American Christians, to account.

Terence Sweeney on Pretti's martyrdom:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/sweeney-pret...

Another Requiem in Minneapolis The personal misery of a police state is hard for language to capture.

"I’ve noticed people here don’t use either of those words anymore to describe people—illegals, undocumented."

Patricia Hampl: Words still matter here in image-besotted Minnesota.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/hampl-patric...

Twice Blest For Christopher Ricks, the critic is in the business of catching at felicities: those seeming accidents of language that end up being revelatory.

My January column on Christopher Ricks for @commonweal.bsky.social

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Religious folks are leading the way in MN but the response from Catholic clergy is relatively weak.

Things Will Get Better Before They Get Worse For Bernard Lonergan, the drama of human history is—even right now, even in the United States—in the process of being redeemed by God through grace.

"Crises heighten practical attention and hone common sense at the same time as they prompt a more diffuse kind of stupidity."

@jonathanrheaps.bsky.social on how Bernard Lonergan can help us make sense of our chaotic historical moment:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/heaps-jonath...

‘How Will You Say No?’ A religious movement is underway to correct the sad course our country has taken. Catholics should be part of it.

A religious movement is underway to correct the sad course our country has taken. Catholics should be part of it.

The latest from @heidischlumpf.bsky.social:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/ice-good-pre...

My husband and my friend Jules both represented. Commonweal is crushing it this month

I wrote about how studying Marx, the Black Radical tradition, and the Cappadocian Fathers led me to rediscover my faith, forgive the woman who killed my mother, embrace prison abolition, and champion the idea that none are saved unless *all* are saved!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/forgiving-my...

Things Will Get Better Before They Get Worse For Bernard Lonergan, the drama of human history is—even right now, even in the United States—in the process of being redeemed by God through grace.

My piece on Lonergan’s philosophy of history, “Things Will Get Better Before They Get Worse,” is live now in @commonweal.bsky.social

Both @gelliottmorris.com & @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org get shout outs in this one, btw. www.commonwealmagazine.org/heaps-jonath...