In This Issue
Roughly 40 percent of Catholics are reliable Republicans, and 40 percent are reliable Democrats. The rest could go either way. That makes Catholics the ultimate swing voters.
If the church causes discomfort only to one political party when both are in need of repentance, it is not being the church.
We pray for God's miraculous intervention. So why are we surprised when it comes?
A Japanese-American internment camp survivor reflects on Guantanamo and the state of the U.S. Constitution.
Columnists
Australia is an absolutely beautiful country, and it wasn’t until I got back there (after more than a decade) that I realized how much I missed it.
Many pentecostals trace their spiritual heritage to the Azusa Street revival.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Roughly 40 percent of Catholics are reliable Republicans, and 40 percent are reliable Democrats. The rest could go either way. That makes Catholics the ultimate swing voters.
If the church causes discomfort only to one political party when both are in need of repentance, it is not being the church.
Features
We pray for God's miraculous intervention. So why are we surprised when it comes?
A Japanese-American internment camp survivor reflects on Guantanamo and the state of the U.S. Constitution.
Commentary
The First World becomes a one-way destination point for children from the global South.
Columns
Australia is an absolutely beautiful country, and it wasn’t until I got back there (after more than a decade) that I realized how much I missed it.
Many pentecostals trace their spiritual heritage to the Azusa Street revival.
Culture Watch
For the next 54 years, Anne Braden was a solid citizen of 'the other America.'
Everyone wants to be happy and to fulfill their dreams. For many who live in war zones, prisons, and places of poverty, those dreams aren’t likely to come true.
Departments
At its best the church is an "innocence project" for ourselves and others.
If ever you have wakened in the night—
the steep blue night, and waited for the tears—
then I must tell you—
Is there such a thing as the "Catholic vote"? Commonweal writer Maurice Timothy Reidy and Washington Post columnist E.J.
