Pope Francis received members of the International Theological Commission on November 28 and emphasised the “need to put Christ back at the centre, and second, to develop a theology of synodality.” The Pope recalled that the year 2025 is a jubilee year dedicated to hope, as well as the 1700th anniversary of the Ecumenical Council Read more
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Pope asks International Theological Commission to ‘put Christ back at the center’
Monday, December 2nd, 2024Demasculinise the church Francis asks theologians
Monday, December 4th, 2023
Speaking to members of the International Theological Commission at the Vatican on Thursday (Nov. 30), Pope Francis asked theologians to “demasculinise” the church in an unscripted remark. “There is something I don’t like about you, if you excuse my honesty,” said Pope Francis, pointing out that there were only five women among the 30-plus theologians. Read more
Theologians say laity needed in church decision-making
Thursday, May 10th, 2018
The laity is an “indispensable” part of Church governance, says the International Theological Commission. The Commission, which helps establish official Catholic teaching, says canon law should be updated to make it compulsory for parishes to have councils that consult the laity. An article called “Synodality in the Life of the Church” published on the Commission’s Read more
Tracey Rowland and the ITC
Tuesday, March 17th, 2015
Professor Tracey Rowland is the Dean and Permanent Fellow of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family in Melbourne, Australia. In 2003, she published Culture and the Thomist Tradition: After Vatican II, establishing herself as a bold, fresh voice in international Catholic theological circles. A member of the editorial Read more
Theologians explain sensus fidei regarding Church teaching
Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
When Church teaching is rejected by large numbers of the faithful, action is called for, the International Theological Commission has written. The commission has published a document called “’Sensus Fidei’ in the life of the Church”. It has been approved by the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Gerhard Muller, Read more