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Article Stuck in the Middle A new document from Boston College makes important recommendations for the future of seminary formation in the United States By Massimo Faggioli January 24, 2019 Priesthood Laity Vatican II Sexuality
Article A Church within the Church The twin phenomena of integralism and intransigentism, on the rise among some US Catholics, can actually be construed as ways of leaving Catholicism behind By Massimo Faggioli January 8, 2019 Vatican II Secularism and Modernity Pope Francis U.S. Catholicism
Article Endangered Species Lay Catholic theologians are a relatively new institution in the church, but their survival is not guaranteed. Here’s how they should proceed By Massimo Faggioli December 17, 2018 Theology Clericalism Laity Vatican II
Article “A Bronx Tale” Reeking of exhaust and incinerators, the Bronx was full of pizzerias, German and Jewish delis, and Irish bars—in other words, it was home By Peter Quinn December 12, 2018 U.S. Catholicism Immigration Vatican II