Posts Tagged ‘Pastoral theology’

Radical inclusion and Francis’ pastoral view of the church

Thursday, April 27th, 2023
Radical inclusion

To properly understand McElroy’s radical inclusion proposals, it is necessary to situate them in the context of the pastoral ecclesiology and synodal process advocated by Pope Francis. The pastoral ecclesiology of Pope Francis is the background for McElroy’s essay. Francis envisions a consciously expansive church characterized as a mother that excludes no one. A priority Read more

Lived reality at heart of Francis’ pastoral theology

Thursday, July 5th, 2018
Pastorlal theology

The “lived reality of men and women and children and families” and their “sufferings and challenges and joys” are at the center of “a moment of explicit theological renewal that will contribute enormously to the spread of the Gospel in this new millennium,” said San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy (pictured) in a June 26 keynote Read more