What Is Humanity’s Infinite Dignity?
COMMENTARY: We are not infinite as God is infinite, of course, but our dignity is not quantifiable and is indeed radically open-ended, as we are raised by way of participation into God’s inner life.
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How to Tell Doctrinal Development From Cultural Corruption
COMMENTARY: Jesus Christ is the true icon of human nature. This reality is at the foundation of every authentic moral doctrine.
Liturgical Reform in the Catholic Church and the Second Vatican Council
COMMENTARY: Reflections on Bishop James Conley and the Vatican’s recent document on the sacraments, liturgical renewal and the Eucharistic revival.
Synodality and the Question of Ecclesial Harmony
COMMENTARY: What does the debate over ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ show us about the relationship in the Catholic Church between the authority of the pope and that of the bishops?
The Unresolved Debate: What Is the Proper Interpretation of Vatican II?
COMMENTARY: 2023 was a particular tumultuous year in the continuing debate over the proper interpretation of the Council.
Viewing Pope Francis’ Latest Document Through the Lens of the History of Modern Catholic Theology
COMMENTARY: It is hard not to read ‘Ad Theologiam Promovendam’ as a doubling down on the kind of theology that emerged at the Synod on Synodality.
Listening to the Holy Spirit or the Spirit of the Age?
COMMENTARY: The Holy Spirit’s role in our lives, whether we are at the Synod on Synodality, at home or at work, is to remind us of our mission, which is to conform ourselves to Christ.
Wondering Out Loud While Maintaining Synodal Objectivity
COMMENTARY: It is hard to avoid viewing the Synod as a stalking horse for changing the Church’s moral theology when so many of the prelates that Francis has promoted to high office have said exactly that.
‘Veritatis Splendor’ at 30: Unpacking Pope St. John Paul II’s Profound Christological Vision
COMMENTARY: Karol Wojtyla believed that the crisis of our time was centered on the question of human dignity, and the grounding of that question in what it means to be human in the first place.
What Does Vatican II Mean by the ‘People of God’?
COMMENTARY: And how does it relate to the Synod on Synodality’s working document, which frequently uses the term?
