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The Encyclical Crisis Then (and Now)
Commonweal Magazine selects various stories from past issues to post on its website, and this month they’ve included theologian Fr. Bernard Häring‘s response to Humanae Vitae, the 1968 papal encyclical that banned artificial contraception. In many ways, as I’ve written … Continue reading
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Tagged authority, cdf, conscience, contraception, häring, humanae vitae, vatican 2
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“When Taken Unreflectively” ?
You may have heard that the most recent round of dialogue between the LCWR and the CDF included a particular condemnation of “conscious evolution” as a recurring theme in the sisters’ workshops and newsletters. Conscious evolution is something I’d never … Continue reading
Mimetic Rivalry, Reform, and Unity in the Church
I read a commentary on church reform by Hans Küng last week, that lingered in my mind as an example of “doing it wrong,” at least from the perspective of mimetic ecclesiology. In this commentary, the substantive issues of church … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Ecclesiology, Theological anthropology
Tagged cdf, factionalism, faith, holy spirit, hope, kung, love, mimetic rivalry, pope, thesis
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Cardinal Braz de Aviz’ Remarks on Authority in the Church
Let me start this essay with a sort of dramatis personae: The International Union of Superiors General (IUSG) is an organization consisting of the leadership of all the vowed religions orders of women and men (ie, nuns and monks). The … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Church history, Ecclesiology
Tagged authority, cdf, curia, lcwr, nuns, obedience
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Statement by the CMSM
The Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM) is the counterpart body of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). CMSM has the same status in canon law for vowed religious men (monks, brothers, some priests) that LCWR has for … Continue reading
“Product identity”? Seriously?
If anything, [the Farley case] collaterally gives another example of why this LCWR assessment is taking place. Too many people crossing the LCWR screen who are supposedly representing the Catholic church aren’t representing the church with any reasonable sense of … Continue reading
Gaudete Theology 