Leslie Woodcock Tentler, author of Catholics and Contraception: A History, is professor of history at the Catholic University of America. Also by this author 'Once in a Great City' Get Commonweal’s latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2005-05-06 issue: View Contents Recommended for you A Presidential Smash and Grab By The Editors May 21, 2026 ‘As an Emerald Is Green’ By Ellen Wayland-Smith May 25, 2026 ‘The Real Thing’ By Anthony Domestico May 19, 2026
