The latest motu proprio from Pope Francis, Ad Theologiam Promovendam, articulates the vision of the Pope for the reform of modern Catholic theology. Directed specifically at the Pontifical Academy of ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical, issued 135 years ago, demonstrated how the Catholic Church’s teaching, rooted in ...

Editor’s note: This article is part of The Conversation, a new initiative of America Media offering diverse perspectives on important and contested issues in the life of the church. Read more views on ...

The confused sense of purpose in the theology departments at many of our Catholic institutions of higher learning is one of the biggest challenges facing the Catholic Church in the United States.

Pope Francis listens as Maeve Heaney, director of the Xavier Centre of Theology at the Australian Catholic University, speaks to him on behalf of the International Network of Societies for Catholic ...

Calling for a major push toward developing a "fundamentally contextual theology, capable of reading and interpreting the Gospel in the conditions in which men and women live each day," Pope Francis ...

This article is one of a series on Catholic higher education. You can view all the stories here. (RNS) — When Alex Gruber first toured St. Norbert College, a small Catholic college in Wisconsin, it ...

Editor’s note: This article was published in the May 26, 1990, issue of America. When the word “crisis” is applied to Roman Catholic theology in the United States, it usually refers to tensions ...

Georgetown has not been without its share of religious controversies in recent years. Conservatives claim Georgetown has forgotten its Catholic heritage with its support of initiatives for the LGBTQ ...