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Speaking of God

Sister theologians and biblical scholars explore the quest for God in light of the global reality.

Detail of tempera and gold on parchment "Manuscript Leaf with Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis of Assisi," circa 1320-42, made in Bologna, Italy, for Hungarian use (Metropolitan Museum of Art/Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Weisl Jr., 1994)

The modern vision of Pope Francis in a medieval church

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by Ilia Delio
Dec 1, 2020

It seems the pope wants to take the church to a new place in the world, not as an authoritarian leader, but as an animator of the spirit. However, he has ignored the novel theology ushered in by the early Franciscan theologians.

Learning about the Father from my own

by Joy Clough
Jun 11, 2018

An important lesson in my life is one that I'm still learning. It involves welcoming and trusting God as a loving father, rather than as a severe judge or "divine tester." Once, when I was quite young and probably came home with some catechism lesson about heaven and hell, my dad said with great conviction, that as a father he could never consign any of his children to unending torment — that is, to hell. His conviction was an awakening for me.

Time to become ultra-human?

by Ilia Delio
Jan 9, 2018

We want to change, but we cannot seem to get beyond a cultural depression. Although we mark this new year as "2018" maybe we should mark it 4.5618 billion years (the approximate age of Earth) or 202,018, the approximate age of the Homo sapiens species.

Discovering the true self in God with Merton's guidance

by Ilia Delio
Jan 23, 2017

What drew me to Thomas Merton (and still does) was his deep inner search for truth and light, his inner yearning for God.

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Can consumer people be Christmas people?

by Ilia Delio
Dec 29, 2016

Quantum edge catholicity

by Ilia Delio
Nov 15, 2016

Is religious life attentive to Jesus?

by Ilia Delio
Aug 16, 2016

The gift of the Assumption

by Mary Aquin O’Neill
Aug 15, 2016

The size of God

by Catherine Nerney
Aug 9, 2016

God in the midst of pain

by Ilia Delio
Jul 25, 2016

Politics, Teilhard, and the world's future

by Ilia Delio
Apr 4, 2016

Cosmic coincidence: The Annunciation and Good Friday

by Mary Aquin O’Neill
Mar 23, 2016

Living in a wavy universe

by Ilia Delio
Mar 7, 2016

Science, the existence of suffering, and God

by Patty Fawkner
Jan 14, 2016

Mercy and the humility of God

by Ilia Delio
Jan 7, 2016

Laudato Si' and Vatican III

by Ilia Delio
Nov 30, 2015

Beatrice Bruteau, Pope Francis and global community

by Ilia Delio
Sep 27, 2015

Lessons from the woman at the well

by Mary Aquin O’Neill
Aug 18, 2015

Lex credendi, lex vivendi: A response to Laudato Si’

by Ilia Delio
Jun 30, 2015

A new level of thinking about creation

by Ilia Delio
May 11, 2015

The gift of papal silence

by Anne E. Patrick
Apr 14, 2015

Radical forgiveness: Lessons from nature

by Ilia Delio
Mar 30, 2015

A transformative effect of murmuring

by Caroline Mbonu
Mar 19, 2015

Why the earth won’t green without us

by Ilia Delio
Mar 4, 2015

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