ROMAN CATHOLICISM
Assessing the first year of Pope Benedict XVI

IN THE NORTHEAST
• Stephen Pope is an associate professor in the theology department at Boston College and a frequent commentator on church affairs and the papacy. Contact 617-552-3892, popest@bc.edu.
• Alice L. Laffey is an associate professor of religious studies at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. She has written a history of papal statements and the evolution of papal teaching, and she can address issues regarding women and gender. Contact 508-793-3359, alaffey@holycross.edu.
• Lisa Sowle Cahill is the J. Donald Monan Professor of Theology at Boston College and a veteran writer and commentator on issues of sex and gender in Catholicism. Contact 617-552-3890, Lisa.Cahill@bc.edu.

IN THE EAST
• The Rev. Robert Wister is a leading expert on the history of the papacy. He is an associate professor of church history at Immaculate Conception School of Theology at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, and he is Faculty Fellow in the school of diplomacy and international relations at Seton Hall. He earned a doctorate in church history at the Gregorian University in Rome. Contact 973-761-9000 ext. 2048, wisterro@shu.edu.
• John S. Grabowski is an associate professor of religious studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington. He specializes in ethics and moral theology, with an expertise in women's issues. Contact 202-319-6509, grabowski@cua.edu.
• Rocco Palmo is a Philadelphia-based U.S. correspondent for The Tablet of London and a frequently quoted expert on Vatican developments. His blog, Whispers in the Loggia, is one of the most popular sites in the Catholic blogosphere. Contact rock.palmo@gmail.com.
• Frank J. Coppa is a professor of history at St. John's University in Jamaica, N.Y., and editor of the Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999) and The Modern Papacy Since 1789 (Pearson Longman, 1998). Contact 718-990-6090, coppaf@stjohns.edu.
• Stephen D. Miles is an assistant professor of theology at Loyola College in Maryland whose teaching and research interests include the Catholic Church and the pope. Contact 410-617-5025, smiles@loyola.edu.
• Greg Tobin is a senior adviser for communications at Seton Hall University in New Jersey and author of Holy Father: Pope Benedict XVI, Pontiff for a New Era (Sterling, 2005). Contact 973-313-6075, tobinggr@shu.edu.

IN THE SOUTHEAST
• The Rev. Gerald P. Fogarty is a professor of religious studies and history at the University of Virginia and an expert on the Vatican. He is author of several books. Contact 434-924-6707, gpf@virginia.edu.
• Joseph Iannone is dean of the school of graduate studies at St. Thomas University in Miami, Fla. He is well-versed in the issues facing contemporary Catholicism and the papacy. Contact 305-628-6658, jiannone@stu.edu.

IN THE SOUTH
• The Rev. Peter J. Bernardi is associate professor of religious studies at Loyola University in New Orleans. He can talk about the papacy in the contemporary world. He contributed an essay to the collection in Catholicism Contending With Modernity: Roman Catholic Modernism and Anti-Modernism in Historical Context (Cambridge University Press, 2000). Contact 504-865-3941, bernardi@loyno.edu.
• The Rev. William F. Maestri is a theologian and spokesman for the Archdiocese of New Orleans with a specialty in bioethics. Maestri can be reached through the communications office of his archdiocese at 504-596-3023, communications@archdiocese-no.org.

IN THE MIDWEST
• Sandra Yocum Mize is chairwoman of religious studies at the University of Dayton and specializes in the history of theology, which is Benedict's forte. Contact 937-229-4321, mizes@notes.udayton.edu.
• The Rev. Michael A. Fahey is a professor of theological studies at Marquette University in Milwaukee. He is an expert on the history and office of the papacy, and papal elections. Contact 414-288-3164, michael.fahey@marquette.edu.
• Dennis Doyle is a professor of religious studies at the University of Dayton and a frequent commentator and author on Catholic issues and the papacy. Contact 937-229-4219, dennis.doyle@notes.udayton.edu.
• The Rev. Steven M. Avella is associate professor of history at Marquette University in Milwaukee and an expert on the papacy. Contact 414-288-3556, steven.avella@marquette.edu.
• The Rev. Richard Costigan is at the theology department at Loyola University in Chicago and is an expert on the papacy and papal history and controversies. Contact 773-508-2354 or at the Jesuit Residence, 773-508-8800. Email rcostig@luc.edu.
• Christopher Ruddy is an assistant professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. He wrote about the theology of Pope Benedict in a June 3, 2005, Commonweal magazine article titled "No Restorationist." Contact 651-962-5318, cjruddy@stthomas.edu.

IN THE SOUTHWEST
• The Rev. Charles E. Curran is the Scurlock Professor of Human Values at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He is a liberal theologian who was dismissed from Catholic University of America for his teachings on human sexuality after an extended struggle, which included meetings with then-Cardinal Ratzinger. Contact 214-768-4073, ccurran@mail.smu.edu.
• Robert Blair Kaiser is a former Jesuit priest and author of several books on the Catholic Church. His latest is A Church in Search of Itself: Benedict XVI and the Battle for the Future (Knopf, 2006). Kaiser lives in Phoenix, Ariz. Contact 602-358-7274, rbkaiser@justgoodcompany.com.

IN THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• The Rev. Thomas P. Rausch is a professor of theology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. A Catholic priest, Rausch is the author of Authority and Leadership in the Church: Past Directions and Future Possibilities (Liturgical Press, 1988). Contact 310-338-7670, trausch@lmu.edu.
• The Rev. Patrick Howell is dean of the school of theology and ministry at Seattle University. He co-edited the book Empowering Authority: The Charisms of Episcopacy and Primacy in the Church Today (Sheed & Ward, 1990). Contact 206-296-5331, patrickh@seattleu.edu.
• The Rev. James Eblen is an associate professor in Seattle University's school of theology and ministry who can speak about the papacy. Contact 206-296-5339, jeblen@seattleu.edu.