As a Protestant feminist social work professor at a Jesuit University in the heartland for almost 20 years, Decree 14 has presented a mystery to me from my first encounter with it in 2003.
Fostering an openness to transcendence is one of the graces of teaching in a Jesuit university. We help our students to know God better by helping them to engage more deeply in the world.
In just short of 18 months, the new pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who took the name Francis, has captured the world’s imagination and brought a remarkably bright new image to the Catholic Church.
