The Vatican has stalled an attempt by the Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, to prevent members of the theology department in the Catholic University of Peru to continue teaching theology. The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, is reported to have written to Cardinal Cipriani, lifting Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Theology’
Fr George Duggan dies aged 100 
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Monday, December 17th, 2012
Well-known Marist priest and “defender of the faith” Rev Dr George Duggan died on Sunday at the age of 100. In recent years he had became increasingly frail, and lived in the care of the Silverstream Home of Compassion. Despite impaired hearing, he enjoyed visitors and conversation and happily recounted stories of his many and Read more
Sense of faith is not ‘ecclesial public opinion’, Pope says Comments 0
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
While the Catholic Church teaches that “the whole body of the faithful . . . cannot error in matters of belief”, this does not mean Catholic beliefs are open to popular vote, Pope Benedict XVI has told a group of theologians. The Pope said an authentic “sensus fidei” (“sense of faith”) can come only when Read more
Theological society backs Vatican-criticized nun Comments 0
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
The board of the largest membership organization of U.S. theologians issued a statement of support Thursday afternoon (June 7) for Mercy Sr. Margaret Farley, a member in their ranks who was the subject of harsh criticism from the Vatican just days ago. Writing that it considers Farley’s work “reflective, measured, and wise,” the leadership of Read more
Twittering Cardinal tells Priests – “liven up your sermons” Comments 1
Friday, November 11th, 2011
Spice up your sermons, is the message Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi is giving to priests. Ravasi, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, said that priests who used theological language that was formulaic and boring risked making the gospel irrelevant. Grey, dull and flavourless sermons need to be livened up with graphic stories and scandal contained within the Bible, Read more
‘Doctrinal Responsibilities’: evenhanded, open and fair Comments 0
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
After the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine had delivered its criticism of Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God by St. Joseph Sr. Elizabeth Johnson, theologians and boards of theological societies in the United States contested the content of the criticism and protested the manner of its formulation (NCR, Read more
What would Jesus hack? Comments 0
Friday, September 16th, 2011
“The kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these,” Jesus said of little children. But computer hackers might give the kids some competition, according to Antonio Spadaro, an Italian Jesuit priest. In an article published earlier this year in La Civilta Cattolica, a fortnightly magazine backed by the Vatican, entitled “Hacker ethics and Christian vision”, Read more
Why 9/11 was good for religion Comments 0
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
9/11 strengthened fundamentalism in every global faith – and in atheism too. But it has also led to backlashes against these doctrines wherever they have appeared. In Islam there have been positive developments. The attacks were repeatedly and clearly condemned by Muslim leaders all over the world. After Pope Benedict XVI’s controversial Regensburg speech, the Read more
Economics is not moral theology Comments 0
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Economics is not a business science, although it has applications to business. Rather, it is part of the liberal arts and is a science of human action. Economics studies the actions that most people take in response to circumstances in their lives, but especially those actions that are visible to us. This is why economists Read more
The search for the sacred: “I am spiritual but not religious” Comments 0
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Is the use of the word the phrase, ”I am spiritual but not religious” an attempt to get ”the warm cozy feeling” of religious life without making the intellectual commitment to what is the central question: Does God exist?” Adam Frank suggests the those who struggle to integrate their science with their theology reformulate the question. Not Read more
