Transcendence After America Project
Homiletic and Pastoral Review started sharing the Introduction over Christmas...
Before becoming Pope, Joseph Ratzinger was keen to see a style known as ‘scholasticism without the armor’ be used to reach a wider public and make known the great riches of Christianity’s intellectual tradition. As Pope, in 2012 he reminded American bishops, ‘When a culture attempts to suppress the dimension of ultimate mystery, and to close the doors to transcendent truth, it inevitably becomes impoverished and falls prey, as the late Pope John Paul II so clearly saw, to reductionist and totalitarian readings of the human person and the nature of society.’ To counter this he advised, ‘The preparation of committed lay leaders and the presentation of a convincing articulation of the Christian vision of man and society remain a primary task of the Church in your country; as essential components of the new evangelization, these concerns must shape the vision and goals of catechetical programs at every level.’ The ‘Transcendence After America Project’ at catholic460.com takes-up this task: click here for the article