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@commonwealmagazine.org"Thanks to the politics Neuhaus adopted—the kind he once condemned in his exchange with Buckley—the United States has become a crueler country."
Arvin Alaigh on Fr. Richard John Neuhaus's Christian radicalism:
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@commonwealmagazine.org"In reading his philosophy, I have a very peculiar and powerful impression analogous to poetry."
From the archives: G. K. Chesterton defends the literary merits of St. Thomas Aquinas.
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@commonwealmagazine.orgSome bishops are speaking out about mass detention and deportation. But will they act again as a group at their November meeting?
Read the latest from @heidischlumpf.bsky.social:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/schlumpf-bis...
@commonwealmagazine.org"As courageous and inspirational as these individual bishops’ words and actions are, they represent a minority."
@heidischlumpf.bsky.social on mass deportations and the bishops' November meeting:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/schlumpf-bis...
@dixitinsipiens.bsky.socialReposted by @commonwealmagazine.orgGreat piece in @commonwealmagazine.org on a young Richard John Neuhaus - before the dark times, before First Things...
@commonwealmagazine.org"'To Catch a Predator' was an expression of a broader pathology that implicates the audience, too: a desire to turn literally everything into entertainment."
Milo Priddle reviews ‘PRIMETIME’:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/priddle-prim...
@commonwealmagazine.orgIn an interview with @antoniospadaro.bsky.social, internet pioneer Vint G. Cerf warns that we are at risk of entering a digital Dark Age.
'Memory in the Digital Age'
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@commonwealmagazine.orgWe're delighted to announce that Arvin Alaigh is the recipient of this year’s Centennial Fellowship! During his Fellowship, Arvin will examine the historical and current state of nonviolent activism by faith-based groups.
@commonwealmagazine.org"Poverty closely parallels God in this collection. Carson has an affinity for mystics."
Jordan Burke on Anne Carson's instructions for losing personhood (from 2024):
www.commonwealmagazine.org/hard-swerves
@commonwealmagazine.orgOver the course of his life, Fr. Richard John Neuhaus gave up grassroots political organizing for the company of the powerful.
Arvin Alaigh: 'From Firebrand to Valet'
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@commonwealmagazine.org"Though he continued to minister to poor and working-class congregations, he seemed most at home in the company of the powerful."
Arvin Alaigh on the conversions of Fr. Richard John Neuhaus:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/firebrand-va...
@commonwealmagazine.orgThe November issue is here! Feat.:
- Arvin Alaigh on Fr. Richard John Neuhaus
- @mollieoreilly.bsky.social on rebuilding after Trump
- Eugene McCarraher on capitalism's origins
- The Editors on the bishops & MAGA nativism
And much more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2026-...
@jonathanrheaps.bsky.socialReposted by @commonwealmagazine.orgThis was extremely fun, but then I had to get up and teach an 8 AM class this morning, which was less fun. Getting up itself was less fun, I mean. The class was still pretty fun.
@profdanrober.bsky.socialReposted by @commonwealmagazine.orgIt was a good time! Felt like kind of a "this is your life" at times spending time with people ranging from a college choir friend, grad school mentors, professional colleagues, etc.
@mollieoreilly.bsky.socialReposted by @commonwealmagazine.orgThere aren't a lot of rooms I love being in as much as this one. The Commonweal community is such a vital source of encouragement and light for me. Thanks for the lovely time, and here's to another 98 years!
@tenar1.bsky.socialReposted by @commonwealmagazine.org„Meghan O'Gieblyn copies a line from Simone Weil on an index card and tapes it above her desk: ‘We have to try to cure our faults by attention and not by will.‘“
@commonwealmagazine.orgBoomer Christianity may be dying, but the prospect of its being replaced by the old Crusader Christianity is dead on arrival.
Paul Baumann on Louise Perry and the fecklessness of boomers:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/baumann-loui...
@commonwealmagazine.org"Twenty years after a regime at the heart of Europe had attempted to annihilate the Jewish people, it seemed obscene to pray for that people’s assimilation."
John Connelly: Are we forgetting what ‘Nostra aetate’ teaches about the Church and Judaism?
www.commonwealmagazine.org/connelly-Nos...
@commonwealmagazine.orgWe had a ball last night at the Commonweal Benefit Dinner, where we honored Rev. John Jenkins, President Emeritus of @notredame.bsky.social, with our Centennial Award. It was wonderful to see so many friends old and new!
@jackelhai.bsky.socialReposted by @commonwealmagazine.orgToday's #history article pick from Damn History, my free newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to
writer @drwclvrt.bsky.social & @commonwealmagazine.org!
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