Alberto Melloni is professor of history at the University of Modena-Reggio E. He is a member of the board of Concilium and the John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies in Bologna, and also an author of the five-volume History of Vatican II. Also by this author Get Commonweal’s latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2004-11-05 issue: View Contents Most Recent Francis, Liberal Catholicism & Antisemitism By Massimo Faggioli January 21, 2025 The Suffering to Come By Brett C. Hoover January 20, 2025 A Crisis in Paradise By Núria López Torres and Agus Morales January 18, 2025