A New Supreme Pontiff and What It Means for Interreligious Dialogue
Just before noon on Monday in Rome, Italy, Pope Benedict XVI addressed assembled Cardinals of the Catholic Church. After serving nearly eight years as the Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, [...]
Finding the Divine on the Road
At the ripe young age of 15, I contracted a chronic affliction: the travel bug, that continual burning desire to go somewhere new, to experience something new. Those who suffer from this affliction know that it is a constant cycle of being in the midst of an expedition or planning the subsequent trip once they [...]
Dealing with Mental Illness as a Person of Faith
The end of 2012 was marred with the tragic events that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. While the community reeled with the shocking loss and the rest of the country attempted to deal with this heartbreak, discussions ignited on Capitol Hill, on topics from media violence [...]
A Catholic Woman Intent on Leaving a Mark
As a Roman Catholic woman in dialogue with various religious traditions, I am, at times, questioned as to my commitment: Don’t I, as a Catholic woman, feel restricted and degraded by a Church that is stuck in the past and will not recognize gender equality in the priesthood? When I then tell them that not [...]
Accessing Mystery through Dialogue
Some of my favorite experiences in graduate school are the periodic instances in which a statement by a professor is greeted with a gasp of surprise from the class. To give a little backdrop, I am currently getting my Master’s degree at the Catholic University of America in Theology. The program is combined with the national [...]
Catholics at the Polls
Since Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced his vice presidential running mate as Represetative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin on August 11, articles have been periodically appearing referencing Ryan’s Roman Catholic background, even calling this election a battle of two Catholics (referring to Vice President Joe Biden on the opposing side). There is speculation over the [...]
Rebecca Cohen
Rebecca is currently a Master's student in Historical and Systematic Theology at the Catholic University of America and works as the Youth Director at the Interfaith Families Project and as the Graduate Student Assistant at the Institute for Interreligious Study and Dialogue. As a Roman Catholic, Rebecca hopes to work for the improvement of interreligious relations from within the Catholic Church, with a particular concern for Jewish-Catholic relations.
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Contributing Scholars
Andrew SchwartzI am a 3rd year M.Div student at Union Theological Seminary in NYC. I am focusing primarily on interfaith studies and social ethics, studying how the two fields intersect with environmental justice.
Margaret EllsworthMargaret Ellsworth is an MA student at Claremont School of Theology, studying worship, spirituality, and the arts. Her passion is telling stories of redemption—both inside the church, through creative, interactive worship, and outside the church, through literature and music. Margaret is an Episcopalian with a deep love for the Lutheran tradition, married to a Buddhist. She tweets @ResoluteMag and blogs at scribbleoutloud.blogspot.com.
