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The December issue is here!🎄Inside:
- @sohrabahmari.bsky.social calls for a Christian-democratic renewal—and four contributors respond
- Aaron Robertson reports on Black Catholic life in Detroit
- Editors and friends recommend Christmas reads

And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...
commonweal.bsky.social
The December issue is here!🎄Inside:
- @sohrabahmari.bsky.social calls for a Christian-democratic renewal—and four contributors respond
- Aaron Robertson reports on Black Catholic life in Detroit
- Editors and friends recommend Christmas reads

And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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sohrabahmari.bsky.social
The Christian- and social-democratic model represents the fullest expression of Catholic Social Teaching, inaugurated in the late 19th century by Leo XIII.

My @commonweal.bsky.social essay on its prospects in time of Leo XIV, based on my Villanova lecture

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Escaping the ‘Torment Nexus’
The fate of the 21st century turns on whether we appreciate the logic of Christian democracy and of the social teaching that inspired it.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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tonydomestico.bsky.social
I wrote about Thomas Pynchon's undead for @commonweal.bsky.social

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More More More
Thomas Pynchon's ninth, and perhaps final, novel is haunted by mystery, meaning, and the undead.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
commonweal.bsky.social
"All of the most admirable tenets of Christian and social democracy could be traced back to the Leonine teaching."

@sohrabahmari.bsky.social on recovering the wisdom of Christian democracy:
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Escaping the ‘Torment Nexus’
The fate of the 21st century turns on whether we appreciate the logic of Christian democracy and of the social teaching that inspired it.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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heidischlumpf.bsky.social
My piece with comments from @ordainwomen.bsky.social, Discerning Deacons and Phyllis Zagano.
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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simsjames.bsky.social
"If we truly believe that the country is on the brink of a civil war or a fascist takeover, then a drastic plan of action is needed. We cannot wait for a war to solve our problems for us." — Wesleyan University professor @dsj2110.bsky.social in @commonweal.bsky.social
Conscription for Peace
What peaceful equivalent of war could generate the same sense of urgency and solidarity? William James had an answer.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
commonweal.bsky.social
Is the Vatican shutting down synodal discussion of women deacons? Some worry about the latest ‘patriarchal stalling tactic.’

Reporting from @heidischlumpf.bsky.social:
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Will the Women Deacons Debate Doom Synodality?
Is the Vatican shutting down synodal discussion of women deacons?
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November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
commonweal.bsky.social
Amy Coney Barrett’s recent book ignores our national peril in favor of schooling readers on court and Constitution.

Kevin M. Doyle reviews:
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Supreme Courtliness
Amy Coney Barrett’s recent book ignores our national peril in favor of schooling readers on court and Constitution.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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mollieoreilly.bsky.social
And I'll take this opportunity to resurface something I wrote years ago, also for @commonweal.bsky.social, about our family's #Advent tradition, the Jesse Tree. Ten years on, it's still the most important thing we do to prepare ourselves for Christmas. www.commonwealmagazine.org/waiting-jess...
Waiting by the Jesse Tree
In the midst of pre-Christmas celebrating, it can be hard to convince my kids that Advent exists at all. But we have a secret weapon.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
commonweal.bsky.social
"Globally, Advent calendars bring in $1.87 billion a year."

@heidischlumpf.bsky.social: Can Advent calendars stuffed with hot sauce, stuffed animals, and panties still stir feelings of anticipation and mystery?
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Advent Calendars Gone Wild
Can Advent calendars stuffed with hot sauce, stuffed animals, and panties still stir feelings of anticipation and mystery?
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November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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tonydomestico.bsky.social
"Cheever may well owe his daughter a belated apology. But admitting that doesn’t do much for those of us coming to this book hoping for new insights."

Anthony Giardina on Susan Cheever's latest book for @commonweal.bsky.social

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Hello (Again), My Father
Susan Cheever has made a kind of cottage industry of debunking her father’s carefully maintained image.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
commonweal.bsky.social
Mark your calendars! On Thursday, December 4, join us at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social's Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary for a conversation between Roosevelt Montás and Adam Kirsch on reading and the good life.

RSVP here! www.commonwealmagazine.org/rootsdialogue
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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dominicpreziosi.bsky.social
Extrajudicial executions, extortionate tariffs, multibillion-dollar bailouts: the editors of @commonweal.bsky.social on Trump's thuggish, self-aggrandizing, know-nothing actions in Latin America
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Trump's approach to Latin America is characterized by lies, the use of extortive and illegal force, corrupt influences, and know-nothing leadership.

The Editors: 'A Bully Abroad'
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A Bully Abroad
Trump's approach to Latin America is characterized by lies, the use of extortive and illegal force, corrupt influences, and know-nothing leadership.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
commonweal.bsky.social
Trump's approach to Latin America is characterized by lies, the use of extortive and illegal force, corrupt influences, and know-nothing leadership.

The Editors: 'A Bully Abroad'
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A Bully Abroad
Trump's approach to Latin America is characterized by lies, the use of extortive and illegal force, corrupt influences, and know-nothing leadership.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
commonweal.bsky.social
"There is another possibility latent in this feast: that our loyalty to Christ the King would supersede and check our loyalty to any ruler, any nation-state."

William T. Cavanaugh: 'No Kings But Jesus'
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No Kings but Jesus
We are not simply Americans who have “No Kings.” We are Christians, who have no king but Jesus.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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bctheology.bsky.social
Don't miss the the November issue of @commonweal.bsky.social, with articles by Theological Ethics faculty member Dr. Stephen Pope and Professor Emeritus Kenneth Himes, OF.M.
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
commonweal.bsky.social
America needs a new grand strategy. If it wishes to be not just powerful but good, then Catholic social thought might be the place to start.

An essay by Andrew Latham:
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Toward a Catholic Grand Strategy
America needs a new grand strategy. If it wishes to be not just powerful but good, then Catholic social thought might be the place to start.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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iddybud.bsky.social
'Today, the traditionalist movement is still small, but less marginal than it was in the 1970s, and its geographical center of gravity has shifted from French-speaking Europe to the United States. Its normalization relies on, and parallels, the crisis of faith in our liberal and democratic systems.'
November 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
commonweal.bsky.social
Should popes be limited to five-year terms?

Paul Lakeland: The question should not seem ridiculous.
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Why Should Jesus Weep?
The recent history of papal corruption and controversy raises the question: should popes be limited to five-year terms?
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November 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
commonweal.bsky.social
"The refusal to declare enemies to the right, both in politics and in the Church, has produced a sorcerer’s apprentice effect."

@massimofaggioli.bsky.social explores the state of Catholic traditionalism:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/catholic-tra...
Catholic Traditionalism After Francis
Traditionalism today is less about questioning Vatican II theology and liturgy and more about waging broader culture wars.
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November 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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mollieoreilly.bsky.social
Good reporting and analysis here from @heidischlumpf.bsky.social. What still feels lacking to me is an emphasis on Catholic doctrine, not just emotions. The Church's teaching has a LOT to say about what justice requires when it comes to respecting immigrants' human rights. I want them to teach it.
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
commonweal.bsky.social
The USCCB released a statement in support of immigrants—but its failure to mention Trump and ICE undermines its welcome message.

Analysis from @heidischlumpf.bsky.social:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/bishops-stat...
Bishops’ Statement on Immigration Falls Short
The USCCB released a statement in support of immigrants—but its failure to mention Trump and ICE undermines its welcome message.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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tonydomestico.bsky.social
@paulbmoses.bsky.social on Paul Elie's latest for @commonweal.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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millervincent.bsky.social
My review of @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social's "beautifully written riverine tangle" - "Is a River Alive?" & James Scott's "In Praise of Floods" is in this month's @commonweal.bsky.social.

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Thinking with Rivers
In the face of the awesome and lifegiving power of rivers, human beings may be the real terror.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
commonweal.bsky.social
"What kind of people do we have to become in order to achieve peaceful cities, societies, and states?"

Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins revisits William James's prescription for national conscription www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription...
Conscription for Peace
What peaceful equivalent of war could generate the same sense of urgency and solidarity? William James had an answer.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM