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Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · 9d
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.

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An article from one of America's leading Catholic publications.
February 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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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'
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The Cruelty Inside
The Trump administration is constructing a network of concentration camps on U.S. soil. Have the American people seen enough?
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February 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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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...
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.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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"Waugh Warned Us" By Paul Baumann "Before Donald Trump, there was Rex Mottram" @commonweal.bsky.social
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Waugh Warned Us
Donald Trump bears an uncanny resemblance to Rex Mottram, the businessman and opportunistic British politician in Evelyn Waugh’s ‘Brideshead Revisited.’
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February 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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Catholic teaching prioritizes people over markets. Neoliberals would rather change the Church than change the economy.

@henrysnow.bsky.social: 'Champions of Apathy'
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Champions of Apathy
Catholic teaching prioritizes people over markets. Neoliberals would rather change the Church than change the economy.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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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.
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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...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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George Scialabba: Can American democracy survive a MAGA electorate?
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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.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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"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:
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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.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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Under Trump, state propaganda marshals Americana in the service of nativism.

@paulbmoses.bsky.social on Trump's propaganda posters:
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ICE Wants You!
Under Trump, state propaganda marshals Americana in the service of nativism.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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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'
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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.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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Charles Murray’s ‘Taking Religion Seriously’ is not, ultimately, a serious exploration of Christian belief.

James Chappel reviews:
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An Olive Branch
Charles Murray's 'Taking Religion Seriously' is not a serious exploration of Christian belief.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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By exiting international organizations, Trump creates a void that will be filled by competition, force, and fragmentation.

The latest from @antoniospadaro.bsky.social:
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The Politics of Empty Chairs
By exiting international organizations, Trump creates a void that will be filled by competition, force, and fragmentation.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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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:
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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.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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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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February 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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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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Commonweal Magazine
Commonweal's mission is to provide a forum for civil, reasoned debate on the interaction of faith with contemporary politics and culture.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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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!
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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By his spontaneous example, Alex Pretti called all Americans, but especially American Christians, to account.

Terence Sweeney on Pretti's martyrdom:
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Alex Pretti, Martyr
By his spontaneous example, Alex Pretti called all Americans, but especially American Christians, to account.
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January 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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"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.
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Another Requiem in Minneapolis
The personal misery of a police state is hard for language to capture.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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My January column on Christopher Ricks for @commonweal.bsky.social

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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.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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Religious folks are leading the way in MN but the response from Catholic clergy is relatively weak.
January 29, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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"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:
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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.
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January 29, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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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:
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‘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.
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January 28, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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My husband and my friend Jules both represented. Commonweal is crushing it this month
commonweal.bsky.social Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · 14d
The February issue is here! Feat:
- A dispatch by @kevjg.bsky.social from a DHS protest
- Rita Ferrone on Leo and the liturgy
- @catholicclod.bsky.social on universalism and forgiveness
- James Chappel on Charles Murray and Christianity
And more!
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January 28, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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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!
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January 28, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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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...
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.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:22 PM