Celibacy in the Church and the Priesthood
John Cavadini on spouses.
John Cavadini
John Cavadini is the McGrath-Cavadini Director of the Institute for Church Life and a professor in the department of theology at the University of Notre Dame. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to a five-year term on the International Theological Commission in 2009. He is the recipient of the Monika Hellwig Award for Outstanding Contributions to Catholic Intellectual Life and is the author of Visioning Augustine.
Articles
Humanae Vitae and the Brave New World
John Cavadini on the shape of the future.
When the Fear of God Leaves a Society
John Cavadini on dehumanization.
The Church Is the Sacrament of the Preferential Option for the Poor
John Cavadini on the marginalized and Christian love.
Augustine and Francis: The Saints of Laudato Si'
John Cavadini on holy influences.
Is a Secular University a Contradiction in Terms?
John Cavadini on John Paul II's Ex Corde Ecclesiae.
Christian Conviction Doesn't Shut Down Dialogue
John Cavadini on the trajectories of Vatican II in John Paul II's theology.
Black Lives and the Preferential Option for the Poor
John Cavadini on what lives matter according to the Gospel.
The Fatherly Heart of Saint Joseph
John Cavadini on his favorite saint and a secret of God.
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Quarantined
John Cavadini on the need for a renewed, refreshed, and rearticulated dogmatic.
Who Is the Priest We Want?
John Cavadini on the priestly vocation of being set apart for one's parish.
Was Vatican II a Bad Seed?
John Cavadini on Archbishop Viganò's recent criticisms of the Second Vatican Council.
Co-Responsibility: An Antidote to Clericalizing the Laity?
John Cavadini on how to avoid the development of a lay clericalism.
Taking the Role of All the Baptized in Church Leadership Seriously
John Cavadini invities you to consider co-responsibility for the Church.
The Eucharist Commits Us to the Poor
John Cavadini on Dorothy Day's eucharistic way of life.
There's No Relation Between Preaching and Theology
John Cavadini, Director of the McGrath Institute for Church Life, scrutinizes Augustine's sermons to make a crucial point about theology's enterprise.
The Faith of Ancient Philosophy's Fathers
John C. Cavadini, Director of the McGrath Institute for Church Life, contemplates the element of faith in pre-Christian philosophy.
Guidelines for Any Appropriate Response to the Catholic Abuse Crisis
John Cavadini, Director of the ND McGrath Institute for Church Life, proposes remedies to the abuse scandal from within the heart of Catholic theology.
Augustine of Hippo: The Patron Saint of Suspicion
John C. Cavadini on St. Augustine as the humble master of the masters of suspicion.
The World Was Made for the Sake of the Church
John Cavadini, Director of the ND McGrath Institute for Church Life, thinks through baptism and the Church in a premodern, multi-dimensional, way.
Am I the Mother of Christ?
John Cavadini tries to imagine what Isaac of Stella means by giving birth to Christ.
The Sex Life of Joseph and Mary
John Cavadini explores the matter by looking at sources both East and West.
Augustine's Homiletic Meteorology
Augustine was a fantastic preacher. How do we know that? We get a glimpse of his popularity as a preacher from some of the asides that he addresses to his congregation. At the end of his “exposition” or sermon on Psalm 38, wh...
Laudato Si' and Environmental Works of Mercy
I am going to start at the section of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ that I found most troubling and work up from there. I must say that since there are a lot of troubling sections, it was hard to choose, but that being...
A School of Gratitude
John Cavadini on the heart of evangelization.