Peter R. D’Agostino, an associate professor of history and Catholic Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is the author of Rome in America (University of North Carolina Press). Also by this author Get Commonweal's latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2004-12-17 issue: View Contents Most Recent Interregnum Report By The Editors May 1, 2025 Francis the Teacher By David Cloutier May 1, 2025 Listening to the Land By John-Paul Heil April 30, 2025