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Commonweal contributor Prof. Dan Rober joined WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show to discuss Pope Francis’s love of film, the upcoming conclave, what cardinals might be looking for in a future pope, and Catholicism’s contemporary culture wars.

A visit to the Simonopetra Monastery reveals the challenging work of monastic living: What does it mean to "empty" ourselves?

The complex, sometimes romanticized, but ultimately prophetic Catholic peace movement has critical lessons to teach today's America amid a genocidal war in Gaza.

"Is there a season for funerals the way there was a season for weddings and baby showers?"

Paula Fredriksen’s 'Ancient Christianities' looks to explore the tangled root system underlying Christianity—not a story of a series of individual men, but of broad social movements.

"The cross in the cache and ornate / necklace conjure a priestess for Christ’s creed / who drew her pagan people to heaven’s gate."

"Let the rain on your rooftop lay its long / fingers on your sleep, and take the hurt away / from what surrounds us."

Writing from Commonweal reflects on the beauty of the Earth, the danger it is in, and how to protect it.

In the 1980s, artists—from Madonna to Leonard Cohen—claimed prayer, scripture, image, and ritual as their own.