John C. Cort is author of, most recently, Dreadful Conversions: The Making of a Catholic Socialist (Fordham University Press). Also by this author Organizing the Faithful Get Commonweal’s latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2004-08-13 issue: View Contents Recommended for you Whatever Happened to Synodality? By Heidi Schlumpf June 18, 2026 Waidmannslust By Linda Kinstler June 15, 2026 Innocence & Impotence By Sophia Sheehy Bulla June 18, 2026