Despite news of closures and cutbacks at Catholic colleges and universities, theologians from three theological societies met this month and found hope in facing a time of transition for their profession.
The Vatican's decision in August to clarify the formula that should be used in the Catholic rite of baptism attracted unusual interest after it caused something of a theological head-scratcher.
The College Theology Society (CTS) has moved its three plenary addresses, 42 workshops, the president's address and even an abbreviated awards ceremony and business meeting to a digital platform for its May 28-30 convention.
Distinctly Catholic: By lashing itself to President Trump, the mainstream pro-life movement has morally and indelibly compromised its cause. But the Catholic left also appears unequal to the moment.
Distinctly Catholic:Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. It is the end of the year, a time for looking back and looking forward. Today, I look back at some of the mistakes I made this past year and ask forgiveness for them.
This vandalism of Amazonian statues represented the many ways colonial violence has an ongoing and deep hold on Catholicism even today, especially in the U.S.
Your thoughts: NCR readers are welcome to join the conversation and send us a letter to the editor. Below is a sampling of letters received in the month of June 2019.
Grace at the Margins: It's rare that a paper at an academic conference is received like a hit song at a rock concert. But such was the case at the Catholic Theological Society of America's 74th annual convention.
Commentary: The mutual estrangement and alienation between the institutional Catholic Church and academic theology, in the long run, will endanger theology more than the institution.
