theology

The issue of admitting women to the diaconate has been, over the past decade, a subject of intense theological debate. In a recent interview with CBS News, Pope Francis unequivocally stated that women cannot be ordained as deacons.

Lillian Fallon’s “Theology of Style” is about picking the right outfit for the right setting. She melds her fashion and style knowledge with her deep study of St. John Paul II’s theology of the body.

Questions regarding spiritaul communion and the fallibility of priests are addressed.

This year’s encounter combined a warm appreciation of the late Pope Benedict XVI with an exhibit explaining 19th-century German philosopher and polemicist Friedrich Nietzsche.

Here is a collection of notable quotes from Pope Benedict XVI from homilies, documents, messages and speeches from 2005 to 2013, the years he served as pope.

A Vatican office sent dozens of theologians and pastoral workers to refugee camps, prisons, shelters, street corners and markets in 40 cities and towns on every continent to listen to the faith experiences and, especially, the faith questions of people often tossed aside or ignored by society and even the Catholic Church.

Author Vinita Wright introduces us to these amazing women and highlights a particular quality of each that may be especially helpful for the reader.

The initiative will involve a broad coalition of Catholic seminaries, including St. Paul Seminary in Minnesota.