John P Meier, priest, scholar and author of ‘A Marginal Jew’ has died at 80
United StatesRNS John P Meier, a theologian and biblical commentator whose multi-volume A Marginal Jew transformed the Catholic approach to critical historical research into the life of Jesus and religious faith, died last week in South Bend, Indiana. He was 80-years-old. John P Meier in 2018. PICTURE: Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame. Meier was born […]
Second ‘George Floyd’ Pietà stolen from Catholic University
Washington DC, US RNS A second painting of Jesus and His mother, Mary, in which Jesus is widely thought to be depicted as George Floyd, has been stolen from the walls of the Catholic University of America’s law school. The painting, which sits outside the chapel at CUA’s Columbus Law School, replaced an identical, larger […]
ESSAY: IT’S TIME TO RECLAIM THE PRO-WORKER HISTORY OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JOHN GEHRING, author and Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life Action, calls for greater action on labour rights in the US…
US CATHOLICS: HOW THE ‘GREAT WAR’ WAS CONNECTED TO THE CREATION OF AMERICA’S CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE
MICHAEL MCKINLEY, writing for Religion News Service, takes a look at the connections between World War I and the creation of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops…