Matthew Schmitz

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    I am a writer living in New York and senior editor of First Things. My writing has appeared in the The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Spectator, The Catholic Herald, and other publications. I hold an A.B. in English from Princeton University. If you would like to ask me to write or speak, please contact me at matthewschmitz@gmail.com.

    Essays and Reviews:

    Neuhaus Was Right
    First Things, January 2018

    On Eric Rohmer’s “A Tale of Winter”
    Catholic Herald, December 22, 2017

    Beware of Dog
    First Things, November 2017

    We Found Our Joy in Latin
    First Things, October 17, 2017

    A Tale of Two Christendoms
    First Things, October 11, 2017

    The Latin Mass, Thriving in Southeastern Nigeria
    New York Times, September 30, 2017

    The Kids Are Old Rite
    Catholic Herald, August 31, 2017

    Fr. Manners
    First Things, August 22, 2017

    A Church That Is A Home
    First Things, August 9, 2017

    My Shamanic Healing
    First Things, August 2017

    Pope Francis, Defender of the Liberal Order
    Catholic Herald, July 27, 2017

    Why Cardinal Sarah terrifies his critics
    Catholic Herald, June 22, 2017

    What I Saw at the Debate Between Dissent and American Affairs
    First Things, May 30, 2017

    Burying Benedict
    First Things, May 22, 2017

    Pilgrims of Progress
    First Things, May 2017

    Waiting for a Young Pope
    First Things, March 2017

    A Beautiful Church for the Poor
    Catholic Herald, February 23, 2017

    Donald Trump Has Shaken the Liberal Order
    Catholic Herald, January 18, 2017

    How I Changed My Mind About Pope Francis
    First Things, December 8, 2017

    A World Collapsing
    Spectator, November 10, 2016

    Has Pope Francis Failed?
    New York Times, September 28, 2016

    Donald Trump, Man of Faith
    First Things, August 2016

    Liberal Catholicism’s Unexpected Crisis
    Catholic Herald, July 21, 2016

    An Accidental Pilgrimage
    Catholic Herald, July 1, 2016

    The case for banning pornography
    Washington Post, May 24, 2016

    Always Fear, Always Love
    First Things, April 12, 2016

    Between the Hipsters and the Hasids
    First Things, March 2016

    What Donald Trump and Pope Francis Have in Common
    Washington Post, February 19, 2016

    Mosebach’s Art
    First Things, February 2016

    The Garbage Man Who Would Be King
    American Interest, July 9, 2015

    How I Evolved on Gay Marriage
    First Things, August 2014

    Unjust Secular Justice
    First Things, February 2013

    Fears of Creeping Sharia
    National Review, June 13, 2012

    Media:

    Is Pope Francis a real reformer?
    Al Jazeera, July 21, 2017

    A Catholic Spring?
    First Things Podcast, October 10, 2016

    Does Liberal Catholicism Have a Future?
    First Things Podcast, July 22, 2016

    Pope Francis stirring up controversy over unscripted remarks on marriage
    Fox News, June 6, 2016

    Discussing Pope Francis with Fr. James Martin
    Bloggingheads, February 22, 2015

    Debating gay marriage with Mark Joseph Stern
    Bloggingheads, June 2, 2014

© 2012–2018 Matthew Schmitz