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Faith in one God, and thus, theology is no longer felt as necessary. But it may be all for the best as the study will offer o authority over the people, but it’ll be an interlocutor offering interpretation without pretension. Benjamin Dahlke describes a phenomenon that is difficult to deny: Catholic theology is losing its […]
Yesterday in New York, Gerard O’Connell and Elisabetta Piqué presented their book, The Election of Pope Leo XIV: The Last Surprise of Pope Francis, published by Orbis Books. Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture organized the event in collaboration with America Media, the publishing group behind the eponymous magazine of the U.S. Jesuits. The […]
Mychailo Antonovych Denysenko, also known as “patriarch” Filaret and the former Metropolitan of Kyiv, passed away on Friday, March 20th. Born on January 23, 1929, in the Donbas region, he lived through a century of revolutions and world wars, holding prominent ecclesiastical roles. Though virtually unknown to today’s media, he was a highly debated and […]
Dear Mr. Thiel, We don’t know each other, and to be honest, I was hesitant to write you this letter. However, a friend of mine who is intrigued by you — not as a venture capitalist, but as a human being — convinced me. Sometimes friends can see things you don’t see, and people with […]
In this article, Francesco Sisci “heretically” compares two organizational models that seem to be opposites: the Catholic Church and the Chinese Communist Party. Why is this comparison important for the Church, both as an institution and as a community of faith? The Catholic Church is incapable of viewing itself from an outside perspective and never […]
German Catholicism still plays a central role within the global Church, and it is a key player in the country’s life through its charities and many educational and social agencies. With the so-called Synodal Path, the German Catholic Church has become a forerunner of the synodality Pope Francis called for in the global Church. This week, the […]
In a few days, the German Catholic bishops will decide whether to establish a permanent synodal body at the national level. This decision will affect not only Catholicism in Germany, but also the entire Catholic Church. The stakes are high. On the one hand, the outcome in Germany will impact synodality globally, as it represents […]
