In Holy Saturday meditations, the late pope engaged postmodern thought in exploring the thorniest of church beliefs.
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The bishops are right: We need a national eucharistic revival. But the current plan isn’t enough.
We need a national eucharistic revival. However, after reviewing materials associated with the National Eucharistic Revival, I am not confident that it will accomplish what it sets out to do.
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Like Vatican II, the synod is a dynamic example of the church in history
In a way, maybe we are living all together as baptized Christians in the synodal process in the same way that the council fathers at Vatican II experienced collegiality in their role as bishops.
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Can you be a theologian outside of academia? I’m going to find out.
A doctorate in theology does not qualify you for much outside of being a theology professor, and I have been nothing but a graduate student or professor since I was 21.
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A gentle warning for Pope Francis critics (and cheerleaders): The synod is about conversion, not winning an argument
How many are willing to have their minds changed, to desire for something from this synodal process that goes deeper than their pre-existing agenda?
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The Synod is missing something essential: other churches
“Top-down” ecumenism has not reduced the distance between the Catholic church and other churches. We need grassroots ecumenical relationships now.
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Benedict XVI and Nietzsche: A pope’s unlikely dialogue with an atheist philosopher
One of the more remarkable things in a pontificate full of surprises is the fact that Pope Benedict XVI’s major writings involved a significant engagement with the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Hip-hop, liberation theology and the preferential option for the poor
Liberation theology and hip-hop may seem like odd bedfellows, but in their roots and their motivations, they share more in common than many would presume.
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Cardinal McElroy responds to his critics on sexual sin, the Eucharist, and LGBT and divorced/remarried Catholics
Pope Francis is calling us to appreciate the vital interplay between the pastoral and doctrinal aspects of church teaching when it comes to sexual sin and the reception of the Eucharist.
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Pope Benedict XVI on the relationship between Christianity and politics
Pope Benedict never ceased to argue that democracy must be judged by truth, a criterion it cannot measure but can only be measured by.