The place of the term "revelation" in the church needs to be debated. The church cannot eliminate either “revelation” or “word” as metaphors for divine activity.
The provenance of the term “Benedict Option” actually offers at least some hope that it might actually fashion a meeting ground amid U.S. culture wars.
The most important moral crisis of the twenty-first century may be a leading priority for Pope Francis, but it barely registers on the U.S. political radar.