Theologians Archives

Evangelization must take culture seriously, pope says at award ceremony

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Nov 11, 2019

Giving the Ratzinger prize to a philosopher from Canada and a Scripture scholar from Burkina Faso, Pope Francis said they demonstrate that “in the variety of cultures, diverse across time and space, one can and should always seek the way to God and the encounter with Christ.”

Jesuit priest who was one of leading experts on ecclesiology dies at 97

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Nov 1, 2019

Jesuit Father Francis A. Sullivan, one of the leading theological experts on questions of church teaching authority, died Oct. 23 at Campion Center in Weston. He was 97 and at the time of his death he was the oldest member of the Jesuits’ Northeast province.

Women religious should have vote at synod, theologian says

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Oct 12, 2019

While the Catholic Church has made strides to include the voice of women, especially in the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, women should be included among synod voting members and in church leadership positions, a German theologian said.

After stroke, theologian explores ‘goods’ of society

Interviews
Sep 16, 2019

John Perry is a Senior Lecturer in Theological Ethics at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and directs the Initiative in Science-Engaged Theology. Recently, he survived a stroke. He spoke to Crux about his work, and how his stroke affects his work.