Matthew Sitman

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

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Misreading the British Elections

No issue in U.S. politics, not even immigration or “the Wall,” will do for Republicans what Brexit did for the Tories.

By Matthew Sitman

December 24, 2019

Foreign Affairs

Article

Preeminent?

The bishops’ insistence on abortion as the preeminent political issue reveals their resistance to Pope Francis’s call to serve the common good in all its complexity.

By Matthew Sitman

November 21, 2019

U.S. Catholicism

Article

Making the Rich Pay

Studies show that the rich tend to be less empathetic and more selfish. Electoral politics, and policy change, is a promising way to take back what they’ve stolen.

By Matthew Sitman

October 30, 2019

Article

Helping & Hurting

The first Democratic debates featured a flawed format. The progressive vision of Sanders and Warren set the tone, but Harris, Buttigieg, and Castro also stood out.

By Matthew Sitman

June 28, 2019

Domestic Affairs

Foreign Affairs

Article

Gossip & Insight

Edmund White knew that writers were most compelling when exploring a subject they were of two minds about: when they could see it from one angle, then another.

By Matthew Sitman

December 15, 2018

Article

Letting ‘Amoris laetitia’ Be Heard

A gathering in Boston gave a sense of what Pope Francis’s vision of the church in ‘Amoris laetitia’ might actually look like

By Matthew Sitman

October 16, 2017

U.S. Catholicism

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Double Standards

African nations face what appears to be a double standard, which has made them skeptical of the promise of real international criminal justice.

By Fernando C. Saldivar

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Religion

‘Natural Enemies’ No More

John T. McGreevy on the history of the papacy’s relationship with democracy.

By John T. McGreevy

July 24, 2022

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My Mother’s Honeymoon

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Strict Account

Bernardine Evaristo’s ‘Manifesto’ offers a clear, spirited account of the author’s experience as a biracial woman in the publishing world.

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July 23, 2022

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Commonweal writers explore the intersection of faith, politics, aesthetics, and the LGBTQ community.

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