Thomas Berry

Review: Denis Edwards draws on the insights of five contemporary theologians — Niels Gregersen, Elizabeth Johnson, Celia Deane Drummond, Christopher Southgate and Richard Bauckham — to propose a contemporary theory of deep incarnation in which the cross is the "sacrament of God's redemptive suffering with creatures."

Book review: The authors — Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim and Andrew Angyal — show that along with his massive contributions to our comprehension of this cosmic intercommunion, Berry impacted the wider society in other significant ways.

During a two-day conference on the late Passionist Fr. Thomas Berry, cultural historian described by others as an "eco-theologian," more than a dozen scholars emphasized that Christianity alone will not be able to bring about the new era of ecological awareness he envisioned.

Pope Francis' Laudato Si' positioned the church to be a prominent voice on climate change. But despite that energy, there's still a feeling that Catholics have the potential to do more.

Distinctly Catholic: Washington will be welcoming a southern gentleman to its cathedral. I couldn't be happier about the appointment of Archbishop Wilton Gregory to lead the polarized city on the Potomac.

Naming Jesuit Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin a doctor of the church — or at least removing the "warning" from his writings — would give the Jesuit scientist and philosopher more legitimacy in the church, his supporters say.