Helene Stapinski

Helene Stapinski is the author of three books of nonfiction, including 2017’s Murder in Matera, and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times.

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Opening Credits

Reading celebrated director Billy Wilder’s journalism is like glimpsing the percolating brain of the genius to come.

June 9, 2021

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‘True’ Stories?

Fiction is hard. Nonfiction is hard for different reasons: the need to ensure accuracy, the risk of angering your subjects. These books succeed brilliantly.

December 19, 2019

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Why I Left

After reading news of the lawsuits brought against the Diocese of Fairbanks and the Oregon province of the Society of Jesus, I left the church for good.

November 19, 2018

Must Reads

Politics

From Here to Utopia

The political aims of the Left cannot be effectively advanced if our crisis of social belonging and identity is neglected.

By David Albertson & Jason Blakely

May 24, 2021

Religion

The Long Game

A Church of authentic synodality, which walks together, listens, and brings mercy to all we encounter, is one that never forgets our wounded parts.

By Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin

June 1, 2021

Culture

There Ought To Be a Law

The law is one thing, morality another. Conflating them flattens our public morality into a deadening binary.

By Matthew Boudway

May 24, 2021

Books

Beyond the Gummed Labels

Fault lines between Secularists and Religionists in America help define partisan politics.

By Kenneth L. Woodward

June 4, 2021

Collections

National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, we’re collecting poems and writings about poetry, with new additions by our literary critic every Friday.

By The Editors

April 7, 2021

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Labor & the Catholic Church

Commonweal writers have long engaged with the church’s stance on labor rights, worker justice, and income inequality. Here are the best pieces from our archives.

By The Editors

July 10, 2019