It's a sign of how politicized the American Catholic Church has become that its different factions were lobbying over the message the bishop of Rome should send.
After Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes bill affecting gay marriage, similar bills in other states will give us another master class in how to hold a culture war.
Commonweal is in its ninetieth year of publication. To mark the occasion, we're featuring stories from each of the nine decades we've been in print. Here, the 1930s.
