One morning, as I paddled from 66 into 67, a warm cup of tea brought surprising clarity. I realized that this phase of life is not about counting years but about finally understanding them. After…
Shedding Light on Clerical Closets
Musings on Pope Francis’s Motu Proprio [auth] Need to relight our lives “In the Light of the Master” is the title of chapter three of Pope Francis’s March 2018 ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’– Rejoice and Be…
Cut-off Limbs and Cutting-edge Theology
Limb-cut Depths of Cutting-edge Jesuit Theology Jesuits have been trail-blazing theologians for ages. Amid Lutheran protestations, Ribera (1537-1591) and Bellarmine (1542-1621) devised Futurist Theology that made Protestant historian Wylie declare: “These new Jesuit-soldiers did more…
Dubious Dubia and a Discerning Pope
Whither Francis effect? After the March 2013 election of Pope Francis, many were ecstatic about the ‘Francis effect’. Some four years later, Francis’s defects seem to have eclipsed the ‘Francis effect’, as follows: A sugarcoated…