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Catholic News Service
Almost 50 years after the Second Vatican Council initiated widespread changes in the Catholic Church, there is still fierce debate among scholars and theologians about how the council should be interpreted, according to speakers at a forum on “Searching for Vatican II: Why a Transformative Moment Remains so Elusive.”
The Sept. 14 event was sponsored by the Center on Religion and Culture at Jesuit-run Fordham University in New York.
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — The nine members of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine have reaffirmed their concerns that a 2007 book by Fordham University theologian Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson is “seriously inadequate as a presentation of the Catholic understanding of God.”
In an 11-page response to Sister Elizabeth’s extensive June 1 defense of her 2007 book, “Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God,” the bishops said her explanation did nothing to change their minds. Sister Elizabeth said then that the bishops misunderstood and misrepresented the book’s main points.
Catholic News Service
NEW YORK — Catholic voters who seek objective facts, study issues carefully and consider the teachings of the church are well-equipped to weather the storms of negativity and partisan sniping associated with the upcoming elections, according to panelists at an Oct. 18 conference on “Keeping the Faith in a Season of Spin.”
Speakers at the program at Jesuit-run Fordham University offered observations on the role of faith and principles for both candidates and voters.
