This book is radical in a couple of senses of the word, including the original one of “returning to the roots.” Purves, who is the Hugh Thomson Kerr Professor of Pastoral Theology at Pittsburgh ...

Pope Francis teaches us that theology must "attend to the concrete reality of human life and human suffering," San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy told theology graduates at a commencement speech May 20. ...

To change the world, to build the kingdom of God, we first have to grab hold of the tools that will make it possible for us to see what is wrong. (Aaron Burden via Unsplash) We often hear it said of ...

Perhaps it is just a sign of the times that Catholics would be jolted reading that a cardinal, facing a difficult pastoral situation, would publicly acknowledge having asked himself: “How would Jesus ...

Pastoral imagination, writes Eileen Campbell-Reed, is the ability to lead with “situated possibility,” to improvise on a daily basis while envisioning what might lie beyond current realities. This ...

Pick it up; read it”—twice a young Roman rhetorician on the fast track to success heard these words, uttered in a sing-song voice: “Tolle, lege; tolle, lege.” Augustine then picked up and read Paul’s ...

In the M.A. in Theology and Ministry program, students engage in deep academic and pastoral inquiry attuned to present societal challenges as they prepare to respond to the complex needs of our Church ...

Properly catechized Catholics know that, when we have committed mortal sins, we are obliged to confess them, how many times we committed them, and any circumstances that affect the moral species of ...

Practical theology studies the religious activities of individuals, communities and society and investigates how theology is applied in practice. The Department of Practical Theology offers ...

In a video message to the participants of the third congress of the Pan-African Catholic Network for Theology and Pastoral Care, Pope Leo XIV recalled the fundamental role of the family, “the first ...