The Catholic Church’s teaching on the sensus fidei (sense of the faith) has been given attention recently, due to appeals to the concept by Jesuit Father James Martin, author of Building a Bridge: How ...

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued an important document last week that did not generate as much attention as it should have. The text deals with the sensus fidei and it represents ...

In June, the International Theological Commission released a groundbreaking document, " 'Sensus Fidei' in the Life of the Church." The statement surprised many because it acknowledges the role played ...

On the eve of his election to the papacy in 2005, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger spoke of the "dictatorship of relativism." He spent the following eight years returning to the theme, explaining how, if ...

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Judges have long struggled to determine what contracts are maritime. However, once an agreement has been held to be a maritime contract, the courts have generally applied principles of maritime law to ...

“Lumen Fidei,” Pope Francis said, would be an encyclical written “by four hands”—those of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and his own. Much of the encyclical shows the thinking of Benedict: extensive ...

Rome (Fides Service) - Fidei donum was the last encyclical issued by Pope Pius XII on 21 April 1957. Faced with the situation of extreme need in Africa at that time, the Pope called on Bishops of long ...

In a note from the Cei commission for the evangelization of peoples, the Italian bishops urge greater commitment to missions in Asia. Contact with Asian Christian communities will help local Churches ...

The Lumen Fidei (Light of Faith) award is sponsored by the University of Dayton's Center for Catholic Education and honors an outstanding educator in a Catholic school in Ohio. For 2025, the Lumen ...