Editorial Emerging issues The Final Report of Study Group 9 on “Theological Criteria and Synodal Methodologies for Shared Discernment of Emerging Doctrinal, Pastoral, and Ethical Issues” was released by the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops in May this year. One of the core changes to the terminology employed by the Study Group wasContinue reading “Fall 2026”
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Summer 2026
Editorial Listening deeply In his first encyclical (Magnifica humanitas) his Holiness Pope Leo XIV stated that “the Church cannot consider herself a stranger to the forces shaping society”. Indeed, he goes on, “she recognizes today’s questions and challenges as the current setting in which to carry out her particular vocation of listening”. As we set outContinue reading “Summer 2026”
Spring 2026
Editorial Impressions from the field One of the most rewarding aspects of performing fieldwork, at least for those of us scientific researchers whose domain is none other than direct human experience, is to discover, time and again, the surprising ability humans have for recounting, with a great deal of passion, their own life’s stories. NarrativesContinue reading “Spring 2026”
