Augustine and Ratzinger on Faith and Salvation
Augustine, arguing against the view that when Christ descended to Hell, he brought salvation (or preached for the first time) to those who died without having the opportunity to know Him, appears to...
View ArticleAd Gentes on the Salvation of non-Christians
The early schema of Vatican II on missionary activity said: "The Church is the universal means of salvation instituted by Christ… therefore, although the Church has always held that men who, not due to...
View ArticleRatzinger et al. called for reexamination of clerical celibacy
I've translated the 1970 letter of Ratzinger and eight other theologians to the German bishops, which was republished in Pipeline 2/2010, under the title "A reminder to the signatories" (Den...
View ArticleDiscussion of Celibacy, or Abolition?
Not a few of the blogs and news outlets mentioning the 1970 letter of Ratzinger and eight other theologians calling for a new and open discussion of the discipline of celibacy speak of it as though it...
View ArticleRatzinger On the Indissolubility of Marriage and Pastoral Practice
Not much notice has been taken of Ratzinger's article on the dogmatic-historical aspects of the indissolubility of marriage and their relevance to present teaching and pastoral practice: "Zur Frage...
View ArticleThe Church on Reception of Communion by Divorced and Remarried Catholics
While the present practice called for by the Church in regard to the reception (or non-reception) of Communion by divorced and married Catholics, a practice which emphasizes the objective and visible...
View ArticleRatzinger and the Magisterium on Reception of Communion by Divorced and...
Cardinal Ratzinger, who proposed in 1972 that there should be some possibility in certain cases for divorced and remarried couples to receive the Eucharist, seems to regard the teaching of the Church...
View ArticlePope Benedict to the Pontifical Biblical Commission
On May 2 Pope Benedict XVI delivered a short message to the Pontifical Biblical Commission on the occasion of its plenary assembly, which meets to discuss the inspiration and truth of Sacred Scripture....
View ArticleRatzinger On the Pastoral Care of the Divorced and Remarried
In 1998 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger introduced the volume entitled 'On the Pastoral Care of the Divorced and Remarried', published by the Libreria in the dicastery's series. The third part of this...
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