Christopher Ruddy is associate professor of systematic theology at the Catholic University of America. Also by this author Benedict’s Theological Legacy Get Commonweal's latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2004-05-21 issue: View Contents Most Recent Experiments in Sainthood By Valerie Sayers December 6, 2024 Democracy and Its Discontents By James J. Sheehan December 5, 2024 Habemus Pablum By Rand Richards Cooper December 3, 2024