Matthew Sitman

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

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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

October 16, 2017

Feature

Saving Calvin from Clichés

Marilynne Robinson's engagement with Calvin remains essential for our own self-understanding as inhabitants of a world he helped create

By Matthew Sitman

October 5, 2017

Ecumenism

Secularism and Modernity

Books

Article

Song without a Story

How does Terrence Malick’s ‘Song to Song’ manage to hit all the wrong notes?

By Matthew Sitman

March 29, 2017

Movies

Music

Article

Muddling Through

George Scialabba has provided not just a profound account of depression, but a reminder of how precarious our lives can be, and how much we need each other.

July 14, 2020

Article

A Time for Politics

Stop saying that the coronavirus crisis “shouldn’t be politicized.” It was political from the start.

April 23, 2020

Article

Primary Choices

Democratic voters could end up being faced with a clear choice: either back a multi-racial grassroots coalition or accept that wealth entitles you to rule.

February 19, 2020

Must Reads

Politics

Drinking Alone

Moving to a Rust Belt town taught me that real solidarity is harder than it looks.

By Jonathan Malesic

July 13, 2020

Religion

Breath & Fire

The gift of the Holy Spirit allows us to passionately fight for the peace of Christ, a peace far greater than the one offered by oppressive authorities.

By M. Shawn Copeland

July 8, 2020

Culture

Summer Readings & Screenings

In this second installment of our summer series, we’re thinking about race in America with help from Harold Cruse and Kathleen Collins.

By Griffin Oleynick and Anthony Domestico

July 10, 2020

Books

Muddling Through

George Scialabba has provided not just a profound account of depression, but a reminder of how precarious our lives can be, and how much we need each other.

By Matthew Sitman

July 14, 2020

Collections

The Coronavirus

COVID-19 has profoundly affected our daily lives. Catch up with some of Commonweal’s best writing on the political and spiritual ramifications of the virus.

By The Editors

April 21, 2020