Benedict's encyclical makes 5 distinct contributions to the church's social teaching, none of which should be narrowly interpreted for specific political purposes.
The catechetical and pastoral challenges facing the pope and bishops are daunting, making it all the more troubling that Rome is preoccupied with insular concerns.
An intellectual and still new to the papacy, what does Benedict's apology for the ill-conceived remarks made about Islam in an academic lecture suggest about him?
Commonweal asked two leading theologians and an experienced official of the American church to comment on the approved interviews of Cardinal Ratzinger
Though sincere, heartfelt, and ideological, John Paul II's and Ratzinger's conception of modern feminism -- including psychology and theology -- is skewed.
