Freedom and authority: not just a church matter pt. 1

Friday, February 27, 2015

Sebastian Gomes

A perennial and penetrating question exists within the Catholic Church that goes to the very heart of its institutional being, namely the freedom of individual conscience vis-à-vis authority in the Church. In terms of expressing one’s conscience, the question might be put this way: what are the limits to public opinion within the Church considering […]

Consultation, Collegiality, and Creativity: What Pope Francis Learned about Authority

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Salt + Light Media

By Peter Folan, SJ “In my experience as superior in the Society, to be honest, I have not always behaved in that way — that is, I did not always do the necessary consultation. And this was not a good thing. My style of government as a Jesuit at the beginning had many faults.” Like […]