Nick Scrimenti

Nick Scrimenti is a freelance writer and a master's student at Harvard Divinity School.

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Ways of Heaven

With the release of Terrence Malick’s Jägerstätter biopic, the martyr’s biography has finally come into broader public view. But his sacramental devotions haven’t.

January 11, 2020

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No Man Is an Island

Thomas Merton taught me to value self-denial, but a bout of depression forced me to question whether asceticism was the healthiest response to my life.

August 24, 2019

Must Reads

Politics

Engaging Confederate Nostalgia

For those of us who have a visceral objection to Confederate Memorial Day, how should we engage a worldview that embraces the mythology of the Lost Cause?

By Richard Brown

May 10, 2023

Religion

St. Philip Neri’s Eucharistic Joy

Philip Neri is just the kind of saint we need: a model of lightness of spirit, divine laughter, and extraordinary ordinariness.

By John Rodden

May 26, 2023

Culture

Reckoning With Birth

Birth is one of humanity’s most under-explored subjects. Minimizing birth diminishes one of the greatest powers humans have had: the creation of life itself.

By Jennifer Banks

May 26, 2023

Books

Changing Our Minds About Time

In her latest book, Jenny Odell challenges the very idea of time management.

By Katherine Lucky

May 7, 2023

Collections

Father’s Day

Commonweal writers reflect on their fathers and fatherhood.

By The Editors

June 15, 2022