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). Get Commonweal’s latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2004-12-17 issue: View Contents Recommended for you Lethally Stupid By The Editors August 27, 2026 The Prevost Smile By Max Foley-Keene September 8, 2026 Convert Alert! By Eve Tushnet September 2, 2026
