Matthew Sitman

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Matthew Sitman is an associate editor of Commonweal. You can follow him on Twitter.

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Religion

Women & the Diaconate

The Catholic Church now has a stronger theology of women deacons than it did during the fraught time of Paul VI. But now political conditions are less auspicious.
By Massimo Faggioli
June 10, 2019
Religion

Learning to Notice

Drawing on the mystery of Christ in the liturgy to nourish one’s own life of faith is not always a self-evident or easy thing to do. We need to become mystagogues.
By Rita Ferrone
June 3, 2019
Culture

The Burden of Suffering

What it means to suffer or to be spared suffering, to be granted or refused martyrdom, is at the heart of the drama of ‘Dialogues des Carmélites.’
By B. D. McClay
June 4, 2019
Books

West Africa’s New Wave

African influence is resurgent in world fashion, music, visual arts, and, increasingly, literature. Two new novels demonstrate the continent’s cultural vitality.
By Julia Lichtblau
June 10, 2019
Collections

The Church in Asia

As Christianity and Catholicism expand in Asia, we’ve put together a collection of Commonweal’s best writing on the subject.
By The Editors
April 17, 2019
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