Tag: theology
Fr Peter Kwak: Doctrinal clarity not always the pope’s priority
Lest I be misunderstood, I preface the article by affirming the utmost importance of doctrinal clarity, which is a sign to us of the solicitude of God who wants us to know that, yes, Emmanuel! God is with us and we are not left alone in the darkness of ignorance or error.
Professor Tracey Rowland appointed to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
UNDA research academic Prof Tracey Rowland has been appointed to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, becoming the second Australian to receive the honour
Future doctor of the church? Benedict XVI scholars say German professor-pope stands the...
By Maria Wiering
Beginning well before he was elected pope in 2005, Pope Benedict XVI made substantial contributions to theology and Catholic thought through his prolific writing,...
The lasting legacy of Pope Benedict XVI
By Russell Shaw
After spending more than 20 years as prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith during the papacy of...
Joseph Ratzinger: a man of the Church
When I learned of the death of Pope Benedict XVI on the eve of the new year, I prayed in thanks for the life...
Theologians delighted to gather
After two years of border closures and lockdowns, Australia’s theologians were overjoyed to gather for the fourth instalment of the Theology at the Beginning...
The woman who confounds both left and right
By Lois M Collins
Elizabeth Bruenig makes no apologies. Not for her progressive politics, not for her Catholic faith and certainly not for having children...
Plenary voices: Sr Isabell Naumann
On principle, there is no profession that women cannot carry out, for in the words of Edith Stein, “no woman is solely a ‘woman,’...
Mark Shea: Models of the Church
Part of my nefarious purpose in doing a series on the Senses of Scripture was to prime the pump for a new discussion on...
Philippa Martyr: What only priests can do
The laity can do pretty much any job in the Church. But only presbyters can make Jesus really present
I wanted to follow up on...
Mark Shea: What is a heresy?
The first of three-part series on heresy
Modernity has been conditioned to think of orthodoxy as a stiff and stodgy thing, closed to new ideas...
Catholics take up Scripture challenge
Eddie Sallan is one of many Catholics devoting 2021 to reading and reflecting on the Bible and its riches.
