Commonweal is an American journal of opinion edited and managed by lay Catholics. It is headquartered in The Interchurch Center in New York City. ==History== Founded in 1924 by Michael Williams (1877–1950) and the Calvert Associates, Commonweal is the oldest Catholic journal of opinion in the United States. ==Overview== The journal, tagged as `.... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonweal
Com'mon·weal' noun [ Common + weal .] Commonwealth. « Such a prince, So kind a father of the commonweal . Shak. » Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/118