Pope Francis is applying tried and true methods to study today's family, society and protecting the spiritual rights and welcome. He isn't interested in ideologies. He is interested in the quality of life and the welcome the Roman Catholic Church brings to that quality of life.
October 9, 2014
VATICAN CITY
Bishops meeting at the Vatican (click here) to discuss issues of family life have to relearn how to do theology in order to address contemporary concerns, an archbishop attending the meeting said Thursday.
October 9, 2014
VATICAN CITY
Unlike in the past, when bishops or theologians would deduce theology from general, sometimes idealized notions of God or humanity, the prelates at the Synod of Bishops on the family are using inductive reasoning to instead examine theology in the reality of families today, Canadian Archbishop Paul-André Durocher said.
"What's happening within the synod is we're seeing a more inductive way of reflecting, starting from the true situation of people and trying to figure out what's going on here," said Durocher, who leads the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The prelates, the archbishop said, are "finding that the lived experience of people is also a theological source -- what we call a theological source, a place of theological reflection."
"I think we're learning to use the Harvard case study method in reflecting theologically on the lives of people," continued the archbishop, who also heads the archdiocese of Gatineau in Quebec....
