Recently added articles from Commonweal:
Speaking of suffering; waxing on bees.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 08, 2009; ... HISTORY & THE CRUCIFIXION Thank you for Peter Manseau's penetrating critique of Christian theodicies that too facilely appropriate the suffering of others ("Catholics & the Shoah," March 13), and Matthew Boudway's careful rejoinder ("Suffering, Silence & Holy Week," April 10), ...
Bee stuff.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 08, 2009; ... As a beekeeper and candle-maker, I was delighted to read Rita Ferrone's good tidings that the new English translation of the Roman Missal restores the missing bees to the ode to the paschal candle in the Easter Proclamation ("Virgil & the Vigil," April 10). The question Ferrone does not ...
Seeking justice.(From the Editors)(sex abuse laws and the Catholic Church)(Editorial)
May 08, 2009 ... In the homily at his April 15 installation Mass, New York's new Archbishop Timothy Dolan candidly acknowledged the many challenges facing the church, including the priest shortage and the economic crisis. Importantly, he also mentioned the sexual-abuse scandal. The church must ...
The right to refuse: how broad should conscience protections be?(Columnist)(laws about refusal to treat)(Column)
May 08, 2009; ... Do health-care providers have a right to refuse to be involved in medical procedures that they believe to be immoral? If so, how broad is that right? These are the questions raised by the eleventh-hour decision of the outgoing Bush administration to enact a federal regulation confirming a ...
Bombs away: Obama's call to eliminate nuclear weapons.(Short Takes)(Barack Obama)
May 08, 2009; ... During his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama promised to make the goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons a central element of his administration's nuclear policy. Now, in his proposed budget for fiscal year 2010, he has taken a significant step in that direction. The ...