1. Polarization and the Production and Reception of Liturgical Change in the U.S. Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council • Audra Dugandzic, University of Notre Dame.

2. In the Name of Christ: Violence, Religion, and Politics in Post-Revolutionary Mexico (1930-1960) • Gema Kloppe-Santamaría, The George Washington University.

3. The Catholic Church in the Venezuelan Conflict: Positive Neutrality and the Peril of Principles • David Smilde, Tulane University; Hugo Perez Hernaiz, Universidad Central de Venezuela.

4. The British Empire and American Catholicism • Spencer York, University of Alabama.