As I have had some experience this last year with organizing lay participation on an international level in preparation for the coming Synod, I shall center my brief remarks on that aspect of the whole vast set of issues of fostering a better level of lay participation. Last November I was invited to participate in … Read more
The bishops are wrestling with the problem of how to teach the vast populations of modern pluralistic nations. One of the most difficult tasks they face is evolving an effective mode for social teaching, especially if they stay convinced that they must address directly issues which divide men of good will politically. The bishops of … Read more
Gregory Baum would convince us that Pope John Paul II is a socialist. But trying to force the present Pope into a neat category is a waste of time for the simple reason that the Pope has been seeking, throughout his intellectual life, to perceive complex matters more profoundly and more originally capitalist) allow. This … Read more