THE THEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF JORGE BERGOGLIO, S.J., - H.H. POPE FRANCIS
A great deal of commentary on the present reigning pontiff of the Catholic Church has been focused, especially here in the United States, on his political and economic policies. These include his preoccupation with themes concerning poverty, immigration, and social justice, as well as the environment and global warming. While these are interesting speculations, they do not answer the question of the deeper theological vision underlying these political positions. An important element perhaps lies in the simple fact that he is a product of 20th-century Jesuit formation. First, one must take into consideration Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, whose thought has become almost universally accepted within the Jesuit order..
The Pope and Perón By Dr. Samuel Gregg
Does a long-deceased Latin American populist provide us with insight into Pope Francis?
"Three Pathways into the Theological Mind of Pope Francis" by Keith Lemna and David H. Delaney
Thursday, August 04, 2016
Chiesa: “L'Osservatore” Says What “Amoris Laetitia” Says. But Then It Gets Pelted
Point and counterpoint between Rocco Buttiglione, in the pope’s newspaper, and Professor Robert A. Gahl of the Roman university of Opus Dei. The former in favor of communion for the divorced and remarried, the latter against
Point and counterpoint between Rocco Buttiglione, in the pope’s newspaper, and Professor Robert A. Gahl of the Roman university of Opus Dei. The former in favor of communion for the divorced and remarried, the latter against
Wednesday, August 03, 2016
Sitting During the Homily
This is a stsandard practice in Byzantine churches; what is to be done if there are no pews or chairs? I have seen people sit on the floor or carpet, "Indian-style" (that term is undoubtedly not PC these days) but that seems to me to be rather questionable and unrefined, especially since people do not take their shoes off before they enter a temple. Sitting "Japanese" style or seiza seems preferable as one is more mobile and one will not get one's bottom dirty because of a dirty floor or carpet, and it looks a bit more dignified. Did Jews ever sit in the Temple? How did they sit, if at all, when listening to a teacher /rabbi?
Marcellino D'Ambrosio: Ressourcement Theology and its Intellectual Background -- A Select Bibliography
Tuesday, August 02, 2016
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has a Facebook page... isn't it time for that title to be done away with?
The Remnant: Bergoglio and the Institute of the Incarnate Word: Hints of Things to Come? by Hilary White
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