At the conclusion of the Synod in October, Pope Francis chose to make the Final Document part of the church’s magisterium. This presents us with a unique opportunity: a document “cowritten” by the people of God has taken on teaching authority. If we can collaborate from the ground up to produce a blueprint for the […]
From the beginning, the Christian community was characterized by many different forms of ministry carried out by men and women who, obedient to the working of the Holy Spirit, devoted their lives to the building up of the Church. At times, the charisms that the Spirit constantly pours out on the baptized took on a […]
The first theological questions we ask ourselves are, “Who am I?” and “Who are we?” Every other theological question comes back to these. We cannot understand God, or Jesus Christ, or the Church, or anything else unless we come to terms with the question of ourselves. – Fr. Richard P. McBrien My friend, the theologian, […]
