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Pope Imposes “Paradigm Shift” on Vatican TheologyPope Francis stays on message with the release of his latest motu propio entitled Ad Theologiam Promovendam (“to promote theology”), continuing his refrain that the Church needs to reach the peripheries. Maintaining this as his primary mission is unobjectionable as Christ called all sinners, tax collectors and prostitutes, Jew and Gentile alike. On this same trajectory, however, are the consistent issues with “how” the Holy Father proposes to reach the fringes of the Church and society. Theologiam continues the fallacy that the Church is in need of more change in order to deliver Christ’s...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis calls for a new theology not always ‘corresponding to the Christian face of God’Pope Francis’ new mode of theological study directed Catholic theologians to draw from, or promote, the 'people’s common sense' in an 'inductive method.'Pope Francis has issued new priorities and statutes for the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Theology, stating that a newly focussed theology is needed, based on a popular “common sense” that is “often not corresponding to the Christian face of God.”The Pope’s comments came in a November 1 motu proprio, by which he issued new directions and new statutes for the Pontifical...