Benedicta Cipolla, a former correspondent for Catholic News Service in Rome, is a freelance writer in New York. Also by this author How ecumenical? Get Commonweal's latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2005-01-28 issue: View Contents Most Recent Tense Necessities By Mary Gordon October 29, 2024 How We Got Here By John T. McGreevy October 28, 2024 Discommoding a Sidewalk By Peter Steinfels October 28, 2024