Editor’s Note: This syllabus was created by Dr. Catherine R. Osborne and originally appeared on DT in September 2018. In light of US bishops’ week of reflection on the abuse crisis in January, and the […]
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Young Catholics and the Synod: Statement by Global Youth Movements to the Synod
Over the past two years, we have been involved in an international research project to study and engage best practices in student and young adult apostolates.[1] We have collected good practices and models of small […]
Response of Dr. Jason Steidl to First Things’ Nic Rowan
This letter, by guest contributor Jason Steidl, responds to “Out at St. Paul,” a piece written by Nic Rowan and published online by First Things on September 4, 2018. Dr. Steidl previously contacted First Things to […]
A Catholic Abuse Crisis Syllabus (v3)
Editor’s Note: The most recent version of this syllabus can also be seen in an updated post at https://dailytheology.org/2019/01/17/an-updated-catholic-abuse-crisis-syllabus/. By Catherine R. Osborne, Ph.D. In the spirit of the Ferguson Syllabus and other crowdsourced collections […]
Clericalism, Conversion, and Church Reform
By B. Kevin Brown Since the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report on clergy sexual abuse was released, several news articles, commentaries, blogs, and Pope Francis’ Letter to the People of God all have helpfully pointed to […]
Healing a Betrayed and Wounded Body: An Invitation to Share Stories
How is your parish or diocese responding to the abuse crisis? What structures are changing? Who is speaking up? Send your story to dailytheo@gmail.com. Last week, Daily Theology hosted two responses to the release of […]
Four Incomplete Ways of Reforming the Church
In the paragraphs below, four Daily Theology contributors respond individually to the question: “As a theologian, what church reform do you think is necessary to address the systemic enabling of sexual abuse in the Catholic church?” […]
Statement of Catholic Theologians, Educators, Parishioners, and Lay Leaders On Clergy Sexual Abuse in the United States
This guest post is a prayer and letter written by Dr. Susan Reynolds, Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies at Emory University Candler School of Theology. To add your signature to the 5000+ signatures below, visit:/Para […]
Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?
Last night Fordham University, in association with Religion News Service and Salt and Light Media, held a debate on the effects of the first five year’s of Pope Francis’s pontificate, between theologian and historian Massimo […]
Seven Ways to Not Be a Complicit Academic
Three years and six days ago, an unarmed young black man named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. In the aftermath of the unrest that followed the […]
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