Looking back 55 years after the beginning of Vatican II, what have we learned and what have we forgotten?
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Are we seeing changes in the teaching ministry of the pope?
Papal authority has expanded dramatically over the last 150 years. But our age has seen something new—informal papal teachings meant as pastoral encouragements more than doctrinal clarifications.
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What Thomas Aquinas can teach students about happiness (and theology)
When it comes to how they spend their free time, why they study and what they envision for their life beyond the classroom, students are trying to pursue happiness. Too often, however, this wrestling does not go far enough.
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Explainer: What happens when a Catholic teacher violates church teaching?
It does not necessarily follow that because a teacher has violated church teaching, and his or her contract, that he or she should be terminated.
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How I teach ‘Humanae Vitae’
In many instances I try to teach them how to read and understand “Humanae Vitae” as a real, authoritative document.
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Joseph Ratzinger: The local church and the universal church
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