Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger responds to a 2001 America article by Cardinal Walter Kasper on the relationship between the universal church and local churches.
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Accounting for the Empty Tomb: The quest for the risen, historical Jesus
There is no plausible explanation available today to account for how Jesus’ tomb became empty.
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The Road Ahead: Moral Theology after the Margaret Farley Case
Three theologians respond to the recent censure of Sister Margaret Farley for her 2006 book ‘Just Love.’
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Novelty in continuity: Pope Benedict’s interpretation of Vatican II
Pope Benedict XVI is often considered to favor a “hermeneutics of continuity” in his interpretation of Vatican II, and careless commentators have used that term to describe his view. Instead, he calls it the “hermeneutics of reform.”
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Model of persuasion: Pastoral theology and practice in Paul’s letters
Pastoral theology and practice in Paul’s letters
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Recovering Western Liturgical Traditions
What can Catholics learn from our brothers in the Eastern church?
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A Somber Anniversary: A century ago, a promising American theological journal fell victim to the modernist crisis.
The modernist crisis and the death of a magazine.
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Love Will Decide Everything: Pedro Arrupe recovered the Ignatian ‘mysticism of open eyes.’
Remembering Father Pedro Arrupe on the centennial of his birth.
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Rejecting the death penalty advances the culture of life
In 2007, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, at the time bishop of Rapid City asked: Is the right to life conditional, or is it unconditional? Can men and women forfeit their right to life by their behavior, or is that right irrevocably given by God?
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Hard Questions About Just War
Reevaluating just war theory for a new millennium.