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Inviting Nicaea to Speak (September 2025)

I was invited to give The Pallium Lecture, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, as part of a larger conference entitled “Synods, Councils and Creeds”. The Conference was designed to help celebrate the 1700 anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. The text of the lecture is given below, entitled “Inviting Nicaea to Speak.” I am gratefulSigue leyendo «Inviting Nicaea to Speak (September 2025)»

Dei Verbum: Christ, Scripture and the Life of the Church (September 2018)

In September, 2018, I gave a lecture to a conference for «Young Theologians» in Washington DC. Conferences of this kind are held every few years, sponsored by the Doctrine Committee of the USCCB, as part of an ongoing effort to encourage conversation and dialogue between bishops and theologians for the good of the Church. ISigue leyendo «Dei Verbum: Christ, Scripture and the Life of the Church (September 2018)»

Compendium of the Four Reports I have given on Synodality to the US Conference of Bishops: June 2023- November 2024

Pope Francis announced in 2020 the beginning of worldwide synodal consultations in the local churches in preparation for two Synod of Bishop assembles in Rome. These took place in October, 2023 and October, 2024. I was asked by Archbishop José Gomez, then President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, to help guide theSigue leyendo «Compendium of the Four Reports I have given on Synodality to the US Conference of Bishops: June 2023- November 2024»

Sobre las fuentes de la sinodalidad en el sacrificio de Cristo / On the Sources of Synodality in the Sacrifice of Christ

I put this piece together in readable form based on notes I have used at various gatherings over the last couple of years dedicated to the topic of synodality. Some of my notes are in Spanish, some are in English. So I prepared both a Spanish and an English versión. The English follows below afterSigue leyendo «Sobre las fuentes de la sinodalidad en el sacrificio de Cristo / On the Sources of Synodality in the Sacrifice of Christ»

A short talk on the Christian Humanism of Pope Francis (March 2025)

I gave this reflection on Pope Francis at Fordham University on March 13, 2025, about a month before the Holy Father died. I was part of a panel of theologians more distinguished than I. I publish it now, because it seems the right time. The occasion was an opportunity for me, briefly, to pull someSigue leyendo «A short talk on the Christian Humanism of Pope Francis (March 2025)»