The occasion of Communion denial by a bishop to a politician provided an opportunity to talk with Religion New Service reporter Jack Jenkins about politics and notions of a “good” Catholic. Read the RNS article with my sociological commentary on the topic here. Also check out the book I coedited with Charles Camosy and Mary Ellen Konieczny, Polarization in the US Catholic Church, and stay tuned for forthcoming research I’ve conducted with a team of interviewers on the issue of Americans’ attitudes toward abortion across the spectrum.