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

‘No Tenemos Miedo’

The protests in Cuba may provide an opportunity for Cuban citizens to empower themselves, if they are properly supported.

By Alejandro Anreus

July 28, 2021

Religion

A Living Catholic Tradition

With his latest motu proprio, Pope Francis confirms the reformed liturgy as normative for the whole Church, reaffirming the Second Vatican Council.

By Rita Ferrone

July 23, 2021

Culture

‘When Black Was Born’

A new documentary explores the power of Black music at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969.

By Clifford Thompson

August 1, 2021

Books

Seen and Not Seen

Helen Oyeyemi’s latest novel, ‘Peaces,’ is a work of imaginative exuberance, at once absurd and moving.

By Phil Christman

July 25, 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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Fiction in Commonweal

To celebrate the publication our summer fiction issue, a new collection of short stories from our archives.

By The Editors

July 30, 2019