In 1870, during a plenary session of the First Vatican Council, the Croatian bishop Josip Strossmayer complained that the introduction to what would become the Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith contained an unnecessary and false claim that modern unbelief could be traced to Protestantism. . . . . Continue Reading »
We are all of us together suffering the consequences of Christian sin, so that we may all of us together receive mercy.
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Six months after he was elected to the Chair of Peter, Pope Francis made one of the most provocative statements of his five-year pontificate. Asked by the Italian Jesuit Antonio Spadaro what the church (small c) most needs at this point in her history, he replied that he sees the church as a field . . . . Continue Reading »
Roman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformationby kenneth j. collins and jerry l. wallsbaker, 464 pages, $34.99 Controversial theology—so popular during the Reformation—has long been out of vogue in the academy. Ecumenical correctness and norms of scholarly . . . . Continue Reading »
PROTESTANT PARANOIA? R. R. Reno confirms Samuel Gregg’s suspicion that First Things is tempering its embrace of free markets (“Building Bridges, Not Walls,” November). Perhaps he can confirm—or deny—whether the journal is also rethinking its commitment to the free exercise of . . . . Continue Reading »
The Spadaro-Figueroa piece in La Civiltà Cattolica last July offers an opportunity to reflect on the foundational theological principles of ecumenism. Continue Reading »
A recent National Catholic Reporter editorial railed against the group “Evangelicals and Catholics Together,” claiming it is detrimental to American public life. Continue Reading »
The rumored reconciliation between the Church and the followers Marcel Lefebvre cannot take place on the Lefebvrists’ terms. Continue Reading »
The quest for Christian unity is a call to a new life, to lifelong metanoia, and to conversion in the deepest sense. Prayer is essential in every step of this process. Continue Reading »
In dark days near the beginning of World War II, Bonhoeffer, the famed Protestant theologian, found himself living in a Catholic community. Bonhoeffer found spiritual nourishment at Ettal in the daily rhythms of Scripture, prayer, silence, and song. Continue Reading »
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