Check out these recent articles from around the web: A Year Later, the Pope Benedict Most People Forget by John Gehring: “The Benedict legacy often forgotten today amid the understandable euphoria over Pope Francis is a significant contribution to the Church’s social justice tradition.” Pope Emeritus Benedict by Michael Sean Winters: “Benedict’s pontificate was seminal… Read More Around the Web
Millennial co-founded and contributing editor Christopher Hale has a new article in Time on Pope Benedict and Pope Francis, a year after the former announced his resignation. He writes: There’s no question that Francis is shaking up the Church in new and profound ways. But for those who thank God for the Francis Revolution that… Read More Christopher Hale in Time: Remember Benedict the Meek
The Associated Press has breaking news on Pope Benedict XVI: A document obtained by The Associated Press shows Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests over just two years for molesting children. This is a sharp increase from previous years.
A few months ago, I wrote an article imploring Pope Francis to finish Benedict XVI’s encyclical on faith. My rationale? The theological virtues exegesis that began with Benedict XVI’s encyclicals on hope (Spe Salvi) and charity (Deus Caritas Est) was incomplete without a corresponding papal discussion of faith. It was the appropriate hour, during the… Read More Ghostwriting the Faith: Reflections on Pope Francis’ Lumen Fidei
Over the past two years, I’ve planned my wedding, been pregnant, and had my first child, now a precious four-month-old little girl. With so much going on, I’ve been struggling to find any time at all to read anything other than wedding planning and/or baby books, and my spiritual reading has definitely suffered. But there… Read More Millennial’s Summer Reads: Sarah’s Selections
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and election of Pope Francis have drawn extensive popular attention and commentary, with all eyes turned toward the Vatican. Nevertheless, amidst the frantic and chaotic days of a papal transition, some important details can slip through the cracks. In November of 2012, the Vatican confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI… Read More Completa de Fide: The Encyclical on Faith and the Foundation of the 21st Century Church
As we come to the final hours of the papacy of Benedict XVI, his reign has been analyzed from every possible vista: as a spiritual leader, as a theologian, as a writer, as a politician, as a manager and on and on. But it seems to me that there has been a voice missing in… Read More Benedict the Meek: How A Quiet Man’s Pontificate Has Shaped the Millennial Generation
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