Mollie Wilson O’Reilly is editor-at-large and a contributing writer for Commonweal magazine, where she worked as an editor from 2008 through 2015. She grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Yale in 2003 with a BA in English Literature. She now serves on the board of trustees for the St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale.

Mollie lives in Bronxville, New York, with her husband and four sons, and volunteers as a parish lector, altar-server coordinator, class parent, and Cub Scout den leader. In addition to her writing for Commonweal on culture, religion, and politics, she has been published in the Atlantic, the Guardian, American Theatre magazine, and the Village Voice. She also contributed a chapter to the book A Pope Francis Lexicon (Liturgical Press), and is a frequent speaker about issues affecting women in the Catholic Church.