Publications

BOOKS

  • Priesthood and Ministry: From Küng to the Ecumenical Debate (University Microfilms, 1983).
  • The Roots of the Catholic Tradition (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1986).
  • Authority and Leadership in the Church: Past Directions and Future Possibilities (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1989).
  • Radical Christian Communities (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1990).
  • Priesthood Today: An Appraisal (New York: Paulist Press, 1992).
  • The College Student’s Introduction to Theology, ed., (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1993).
  • Catholicism at the Dawn of the Third Millennium (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996).
  • Reconciling Faith and Reason: Apologist, Evangelists, and Theologians in a Divided Church (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2000).
  • Catholics and Evangelicals: Do They Share a Common Future? ed., (InterVarsity Press/Paulist Press, 2000).
  • Catholicism in the Third Millennium (Second Edition) (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2003).
  • Who Is Jesus? An Introduction to Christology (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2003).
  • Evangelizing America, ed.,  (New York: Paulist Press, 2004).
  • Towards a Truly Catholic Church: An Ecclesiology for the Third Millennium (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2005).
  • Being Catholic in a Culture of Choice (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2006).
  • An 8 Day Ignatian Retreat for Priests, Religious, Deacons, and Lay Ministers (New York: Paulist Press, 2008).
  • I Believe in God: A Reflection on the Apostles’ Creed (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2008).
  • Pope Benedict XVI: An Introduction to his Theological Vision (New York: Paulist Press, 2009).
  • Educating for Faith and Justice: Catholic Higher Education Today (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2010).
  • Eschatology, Liturgy, and Christology: Toward Recovering an Eschatological Imagination (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2012).
  • This Is Our Faith: Introduction to Catholicism (New York: Paulist Press, 2014).
  • Faith, Hope, and Charity: Benedict XVI on the Theological Virtues (New York: Paulist Press, 2015).
  • Go Into the Streets: The Welcoming Church of Pope Francis, with Richard R. Gaillardetz (New York: Paulist, 2016).
  • Systematic Theology: A Roman Catholic Approach (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2016).
  • The Slow Work of God (Paulist Press, 2017).
  • Pope Francis on the Joy of Love: Theological and Pastoral Reflections on Amoris Laetitia, with Roberto Dell’Oro (New York: Paulist Press, 2018).
  • Global Catholicism: Profiles and Polarities, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2021).
  • Proceedings of the 25th International Conference of Jesuit Ecumenists, with Markus Schmidt,       (eds.), July 8-13, 2019.
  • Pope Benedict XVI: Revised and Updated (New York: Paulist Press, 2022).
  • Holy Blasphemies: God, Mystery, and the Spiritual (New York: Paulist: 2023).
  • This Is Our Faith: An Introduction to Catholicism, Revised and Updated, (New York: Paulist Press, 2024).

Some of these books have appeared in Chinese, Croatian, Indonesian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and/or Vietnamese translations.

 

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, DICTIONARIES,& CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

  • “The Piety of Jesus,” Cross and Crown 23 (1971) 389-402.
  • “Discerning the Spirit,” SCRC Newsletter 4 (April 1977) 5-6.
  • “Ordination and the Ministry Willed by Jesus,” in Women Priests: A Catholic Commentary on the Vatican Declaration, ed. Leonard Swidler and Arlene Swidler (New York: Paulist Press, 1977) 123-31.
  • “Catholics, Lutherans and the Augsburg Confession,” America 140 (Feb. 10, 1979) 86-89;
  • “Lutherans and Catholics on Infallibility,” America 141 (December 1, 1979) 335-39.
  • “Priesthood and Community: Reflections on the Vocation Crisis,” The Priest 36 (September 1980) 34-37.
  • “The Spirituality of the Ausburg Confession,” Spirituality Today 32 (1980) 292-304.
  • “Lutherans and Catholics After the Augsburg Anniversary,” America 144 (May 2, 1981) 358-60.
  • “The Ausburg Confession Yesterday and Today,” The Irish Theological Quarterly 48 (1981) 93-106.
  • “Women in the Church,” The Priest 37 (November 1981) 33-35.
  • “The Creation: do science and the Bible conflict? Two paths to the truth,” Long Beach Press Telegram (January 24, 1982). Distributed nationally by the Knight-Ridder Syndicate.
  • “The Image of Mary: A Catholic Response,” America 146 (March 27, 1982) 231-34.
  • “Reappearance of Terror: The ‘Confession’ of Father Luis Eduardo Pellecer,” Sojourners 11 (June 1982) 8-10.
  • “The Image of Mary — II,” Lutheran Forum 16 (Advent 1982) 21-24.
  • “An Ecumenical Eucharist for a World Assembly,” America 150 (January 21, 1984) 25- 29.
  • “Three Deaths in Bolivia,” America 150 (March 31, 1984) 240-41.
  • “Rome and Geneva: The Experience of Ecumenism,” America 152 (January 19, 1985) 41-45.
  • “Baptism, Eucharist, Ministry: Moving Towards Accord in Faith,” The Clergy Review 71 (1986) 224-26.
  • “Reception Past and Present,” Theological Studies 47 (1986) 497-508.
  • “Reception: A Matter of Perception,” Ecumenical Trends 15 (1986) 190-92
  • “Ecumenism and the Bishop of Rome,” The Clergy Review (1987) 17-19.
  • “BEM: Moving Towards Accord in Faith,” The Priest 43 (March 1987) 20, 29-30.
  • “Who Speaks for the Church?” America 156 (April 25, 1987) 344-346.
  • “Ecumenism and the Bishop of Rome,” The Priest 43 (May 1987) 40-42.
  • “Authority and Credibility,” in Vatican Authority and American Catholic Dissent, ed. William W. May (New York: Crossroads, 1987) 115-126.
  • “Development of Doctrine,” in The New Dictionary of Theology, ed. Joseph A. Komonchak, Mary Collins, and Dermot A. Lane (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1987) 280-283.
  • “Reception,” in The New Dictionary of Theology, ed. Joseph A. Komonchak, Mary Collins, and Dermot A. Lane (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1987) 828-830.
  • “Talking Back to Rome? J.R. Dionne on Papal Magisterium and the Church,” One in Christ 24 (1988) 180-189
  • “Unity and Diversity in New Testament Ecclesiology: Twenty-Five Years After Kasemann and Brown,” Irish Theological Quarterly 54 (1988) 131-139.
  • “Ethical Issues and Ecumenism,” America 160 (January 21, 1989) 30-33.
  • “Ecumenism and the Limits of Diversity: Recent Discussions,” Ecumenical Trends 18 (February 1989) 17-19.
  • with Paul Misner, “Justification by Faith: An Introduction: The Lutheran/Roman Catholic Dialogue,” in Justification by Faith: A NADEO Study (Rochester, NY: NADEO, 1989) 1-16.
  • “A Visit to L’Arche,” Priests & People 3 (March 1989) 83-85.
  • “Priesthood and Ministry: Service and Leadership in Today’s Church,” The Priest 45 (September 1989) 37-40.
  • “The Synod of Bishops: Improving the Synod Process,” The Jurist 49 (1989) 248-257.
  • “Priesthood Today: From Sacral to Ministerial Model,” The Irish Theological Quarterly 55 (1990) 206-214.
  • “Forming Priests for Tomorrow’s Church: The Coming Synod,” America 162 (February 24, 1990) 168-172.
  • “Murder in El Salvador,” Spirit 5 (Spring 1990) 5.
  • “Teach-in,” National Jesuit News 19 (March 1990) 3.
  • “Is the Private Mass Traditional?” Worship 64 (1990) 237-242.
  • “The Ecumenical Movement in the 1990s: Is It Still Moving?” America163 (November 3, 1990) 318-322.
  • “What is Dominican Priesthood?” Spirituality Today 42 (1990) 323-339.
  • “The One Mediator, the Saints, and Mary: Some Reflections,” Ecumenical Trends 19 (1990) 165-166.
  • “Perspectives on Koinonia: A Response,” Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 12 (Fall 1990) 172-175.
  • “To Go Without Subterfuge or Excuse: The Jesuits,” Vistas (Spring 1991) 2-7.
  • “Episcopacy in Ecumenical Dialogue,” Ecumenical Trends 20 (July/August) 1991 105-107.
  • “Priesthood and Affectivity,” Chicago Studies 30 (November 1991) 316-332.
  • “Church, Hierarchy, and Churches: Popular Catholic Misconceptions,” America 167 (December 5, 1992) 445-449.
  • “Discipleship,” in The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality, ed. Michael Downey (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1993) 281-284.
  • “Exorcism,” in The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality, ed. Michael Downey, (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1993) 365.
  • “Kingdom of God,” in The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality, ed. Michael Downey, (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1993) 584-586.
  • “The CDF Letter on Communion: Reflections and Reactions,” Ecumenical Trends 22 (April 1993) 51-52.
  • “Present State of Anglican-Roman Catholic Relations: An Assessment,” One in Christ 29 (1993) 118-125.
  • “Introduction,” in Rausch, ed. The College Student’s Introduction to Theology (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1993), pp. 7-10.
  • “Theology and Its Methods,” in Rausch, ed. The College Student’s Introduction to Theology (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1993), pp. 11-23.
  • “The Challenge of Being a Priest Today,” Vocations and Prayer 4 (October/December 1993) 19-23.
  • “Responses to the US Lutheran-Roman Catholic Statement on Justification: Introduction to the Responses,” One in Christ 29 (1993) 333-335.
  • “Thomas Merton: Twenty-Five Years After,” America 170 (January 1-8, 1994) 275-288.
  • “The Promise of the New Ecumenical Directory,” Mid-Stream 33 (1994) 275-288.
  • “Catholicism,” in The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia, ed. Michael Glazier and Monika K. Hellwig (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1994) 143-148.
  • “The Unfinished Agenda of Vatican II,” America 172 (June 17, 1995) 23-27.
  • “Kaplanstwo i uczuciowosc” (Priesthood and Affectivity), Zycie Duchowe 2/2 (1995) 25-46.
  • “Teaching Merton to Undergraduates,” Horizons 22/2 (1995) 260-265
  • “Przedmow a Do Wydania Polskiego,” (Introduction to Wspótczesne Kaptastwo), with Bohdan Oppenheim, 7-11.
  • “Catholic-Evangelical Relations: Signs of Progress,” One in Christ 32/2 (1996) 40-52.
  • “Christian/Jewish relations: the new Baptist conversion effort,” The Tidings 101/25 (June 21, 1996) 12.
  • “Priest, Community, Eucharist,” in Finding God in All Things: Essays in Honor of Michael J. Buckley,S.J., ed. Michael J. Himes and Stephen J. Pope (New York: Crossroad, 1996), 262-75.
  • “Closing the Door on the School of the Assassins,” America 176 (January 4-11, 1997) 5-7.
  • “The Los Angeles Catholic/Evangelical Dialogue,” Ecumenical Trends 26/6 (1997) 13-16.
  • “Infallible Teaching on Moral Issues? A Response,” in Choosing Life: A Dialogue on Evangelium Vitae, Kevin Wm. Wildes and Alan C. Mitchell, eds. (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1997), 90-97.
  • “The Ecclesiology of Communion,” Chicago Studies 36 (1997) 282-298.
  • “The Third Stage of the Ecumenical Movement: Is the Catholic Church Ready?” Ecumenical Trends 26/10 (1997) 1-7.
  • “Priesthood in the Church of Tomorrow,” Origins 27/22 (November 13, 1997) 369-375.
  • “Reading the Catholic Press,” The Tidings 102/47 (November 21, 1997) 14-15.
  • “Divisions, Dialogue, and the Catholicity of the Church,” America 178 (January 31, 1998) 20-29.
  • “Archbishop Quinn’s Challenge: A Not Impossible Task,” in The Exercise of the Primacy, ed. Phyllis Zagano and Terrance W. Tilley (New York: Crossroad, 1998) 71-88.
  • “To Defend the Faith,” The Tidings 103 (July 10, 1998) 3, 26.
  • “Will the new Apostolic Letter curb church dissent?” The Tidings 103 (August 14, 1998) 13 (syndicated by Catholic News Service)
  • “Catholicism in Contemporary America,” Culturefront 7/3 (Fall 1998) 4-7; 53-54.
  • “GC 34 and Theology: ‘Dialogue is a New Way of Being Church’,” in Promised Renewed: Jesuit Higher Education for a New Millennium, ed. Martin R. Tripole (Chicago: Loyola Press, 1999), 296-308.
  • “The Church and the Council,” Contemporary Catholic Theology: a Reader, ed. Michael A. Hayes and Liam Gearon (Herefordshire: Gracewing, 1998), 259-278.
  • “Sexual Morality and Social Justice,” in Contemporary Catholic Theology: a Reader, ed. Michael A. Hayes and Liam Gearon (Herefordshire: Gracewing, 1998), 403-433.
  • “Forum: Priestly Identity: Representation and the Iconic Argument,” Worship 73 (March 1999) 169- 179.
  • “Forming Priests for Tomorrow’s Church: An Ecclesiological Approach,” Seminary Journal 5/1 (1999) 26-36.
  • with Bohdan Oppenheim, “The Polish Church Examines Its Conscience,” America 181 (1999) 19-20.
  • “Language, Priestly Identity, and Ordination,” Pastoral Music 23/6 (August-September 1999) 15-16.
  • “Apologetics or Evangelization,” in Reasons for Faith: Apologetics for the 21st Century, (Camarillo, CA: St. John’s Seminary, 1998), 39-56.
  • “Ecclesiology: A Second Revolution: The Church and In Its Ordained Ministry,” in Source and Summit: Commemorating Josef A. Jungmann, S.J., ed. Joanne M.       Pierce and Michael Downey,  (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1999), 79-90.
  • “Rachunek sumienia,” Kosciol Polski: Wobec Antysemityz  MU 1989-1999, ed. Bohdan W. Openheim (Krakow: Wydawnictwo Wam, 1999), 35-37.
  • “Uneasy Chair: Ex Corde Ecclesiae,” Vistas 3/3 (2000) 18-21.
  • “The Future of the Catholic Church,” Chicago Studies 39/2 (2000) 176-193.
  • “Hospitality, Christian,” Encyclopedia of Monasticism, Vol I., ed William M. Johnston (Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000), 608-609.
  • “Priesthood in the Context of Apostolic Religious Life,” in The Theology of Priesthood, ed. Donald J. Goergen and Ann Garrido (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2000), 105-117.
  • “Catholics and Evangelicals in Dialogue: A Catholic Perpspective,” Ecumenical Trends 30/1 (2001) 7-12.
  • “Catholic/Evangelical Conversatons: Involving our Congregations,” with Cecil M. Robeck, Jr., Ecumenical Trends 30/6 (2001) 10.
  • “Worship in the Catholic Tradition,” Ecumenical Trends 30/6) 11-12.
  • “Prophetic or Cultic Priesthood: Which Form for Apostolic Religious Life?” Religious Life Review 20 (May/June 2001) 157-172 (Ireland).
  • “Immaculate Conception,” Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism, ed. Brenda Brasher (New York: Routledge, 2001).
  • “‘As I Have Done For You’: Views from the Students,” The Tidings (November 9, 2001) 12.
  • “Has the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Exceeded Its Authority?” Theological Studies 62/4 (2001) 802-810.
  • “The Distinctive Spirituality of the Catholic Church,” Crossroads 35/4 (February/March 2002) 1; 10-11.
  • “Catholics and Evangelicals: Another Step Forward,” America 187/2 (July 15-22, 2002) 7-9
  • “Another Generation Gap,” America 187/11 (October 14, 2002) 12-15.
  • “A Theology of the Laity, and the Future of Ministry,” The Tidings 109/42 (Oct. 18, 2002) 14.
  • “Conscience and the military: Must one fight if called?” The Tidings 110 (February 21, 2003) 15.
  • “The Lay Vocation and Voice of the Faithful,” America 189/9 (September 29, 2003) 8-11.
  • “Ministry and Ministries,” in Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood: Theologies of Lay and Ordained Ministry,” ed. Susan K. Wood (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2003) 52-67.
  • “Christian Life Communities for Jesuit University Students?”  Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits 36/1 (Spring 2004).
  • “Evangelization and Liturgy,” in Evangelizing America, ed. Thomas P. Rausch (New York: Paulist, 2004) 69-84.
  • “A Response to Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen on The Nature and Purpose of the Church,” Ecumenical Trends 33/7 (2004) 8-11.
  • “Reform Structures, Focus on the Evidence,” Conversations in Jesuit Higher Education 26 (Fall 2004)34-35.
  • “Where Do We Go From Here?” America 191/11 (Oct. 18 2004) 12-15.
  • “Eucharistic Rituals,” Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals (New York: Routledge, 2004) 129-131.
  • “The Catholic/Pentecostal Born Again Experiences,” The Tidings 111/47 (November 19, 2004)10,21.
  • “The Catholic Church and Other Churches,” Adventist Today 12/6 (2004) 12-13, 15.
  •  “Postmodern Jesus: The Vatican’s Quarrel with Roger Haight,” The Christian Century 122/9 (2005) 28-31.
  • “Who Is Jesus? Deconstructing Da Vinci,”: Mission(Spring 2005) 22-23.
  •  “Community,” “Discipleship,” “Priesthood and Spirituality,” in The New Westminster Dictionary of Christian Spirituality, ed. Philip  Sheldrake (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005) 202-04; 249-50; 510-12.
  • “Lumen Gentium: The Church Global and Local,” The Tidings 112/50 (December 9, 2005) 18.
  • “The Azusa Street Revival and the Historic Churches,” The Azusa Street Revival and Its Legacy, ed. Harold D. Hunter and Cecil M. Robeck, Jr.  (Cleveland, TN: Pathway Press, 2006) 349-362.
  • “Ecumenism for America’s Hispanic Christians,” Origins 36/3 (June 1, 2006) 41-46.
  • “Andrew Greeley’s Religious Imagination: A Theological Perspective,” in Pierre Hegy (ed.) What Do We Imagine God to Be? The Function of “God Images” in Our Lives (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2007).
  • “To Embrace the Other; Ecumenism in Transition,” America 196/14 (2007) 10-14.
  • “The Limbo Controversy: Time for Reflection,” The Tidings (May 4, 2007) 10-11.“Pope Benedict’s Motu Proprio: Catholics and the Jews,” The Tidings (July 20) 2007 13.
  • “Pope Benedict’s Motu Proprio: Catholics and the Jews,” The Tidings (July 20) 2007 13.
  • “Pope Benedict’s Visit: A Retrospective,” The Catholic World 242/1447 (July/August 2008).
  • “Church Ecumenism,” Catholic Theological Society of America, Proceedings of the Sixty-Third Annual Convention 63 (2008) 148-49.
  • “Cardinal Dulles: Inspiration and Encouragement,” The Tidings (December 19, 2008) 7.
  • “New Ecclesial Movements: The Twelfth Cardinal Bernardin Conference,” Chicago Studies 47/3 (2008) 358-65.
  • “The Papacy in Tomorrow’s Church,” Ecumenical Trends 38/1 (2009) 12-14.
  • “Thomas Merton and the Opening to the East,” East Asian Pastoral Review 45/3 (2008) 226-38.
  • “Church/Ecumenism,” Proceedings of the Sixty-fourth Convention, Catholic Theological Society of America, 64 (2009) 115-16.
  • “Mandate of Heaven: Religious Studies Return to China,” America 201/12 (November 2009) 17-19.
  • “Thomas Merton: Monk and Prophet for the World,” Reclaiming Catholicism: Treasures Old and New (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis: 2010) 99-103.
  • “Introduction,” Joseph Ratzinger, Theological Highlights of Vatican II [rev. ed.] (New York: Paulist, 2010) 1-16.
  • “Pope Benedict XVI and the Church,” Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the British Jesuits, 16 September 2010.
  • “Catholics and Pentecostals: Troubled History, New Initiatives,” Theological Studies 71 (2010) 926-50.
  • “The Cardinal’s Pastoral Vision: Collaboration and Outreach,” The Tidings (February 25, 2011) 52.
  • “Cattolici e Pentecostali: Riflessioni su una storia travagliata,” La Civilità Cattolica 163 (7 January 2012) 24-35.
  • “Catholic Anthropology,” in Teaching the Tradition: Catholic Themes in Academic Disciplines, eds. John J. Piderit and Melanie M. Morey (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012) 31-45.
  • “The Communion of the Church,” in Catholics on Call: Discerning a Life of Service in the Church, ed. Robin Ryan (Liturgical Press, 2010) 82-97.
  • “Catholic-Evangelical Relations,” Fuller: Theology, News @ Notes (Fall 2010) 26-28.
  • Catholics and Pentecostals: Troubled History, New Initiatives,” Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Jesuit Ecumenists, Malta, 13-19 July, 2009 43-75.
  • “Cattolici e Pentecostali: Riflessioni su una storia travagliata,” La Civilità Cattolica 163 (7 January 2012) 24-35.
  • “Catholic Anthropology,” in Teaching the Tradition: Catholic Themes in Academic Disciplines, eds. John J. Piderit and Melanie M. Morey (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012) 31-45.
  • “Protestants,” Yearbook of the Society of Jesus 2013 (Rome: General Curia, 2012) 57-59.
  • “Vatican II at 50: Looking Back and Looking Ahead,” The Tidings (Oct. 5, 2012)10-11.
  • “Where is Ecumenism Today?” Ecumenical Trends 42/2 (Feb 2013) 12-13.
  • “A Humble, Bold Scholar,” The Living Church (March 17, 2013) 23-24.
  • “Termi di Benedetto XVI per Il Prossimo Futuro,” La Civiltà Cattolica 164 (March 23, 2013)564-72.
  • “Vatican II at 50: A Look back and a Look Ahead,” Chicago Studies 52/1 (2013) 80-106.
  • “Occasional Eucharistic Hospitality: Revisiting the Question,” Theological Studies 74/2 (2013) 399-419.
  • “The Evangelical Heritage: Primitive and Progressive: A Response to Dale Coulter,” Ecumenical Trends 42/7 (July/August 2013) 102-03.
  • “Vatican II on the Priesthood: Fifty Years Later,” The Seminary Journal (Winter 2012) 4-18.
  • “Discipleship: Modern Europe and America,” Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, eds. Hans-Josef Klauck, Volker Leppin, Bernard McGinn, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish, Eric J. Ziolkowski (Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2012)
  • “Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker,” in Jeff Dietrich, The Good Samaritan: Stories from the Los Angeles Catholic Worker on Skid Row,” (Los Angeles: Marymount Institute Press,2014) xxiii-xxix.
  • “Theology’s New Turn,” America 212/3 (February 2, 2015) 21-24.
  • “Consecrated Life  and the Jesus Movement,” 24/2 Vocations and Prayer (April  June-2015) 17-19.
  • “Towards a Common Vision of the Church:  Will it Fly?”  Journal of Ecumenical Studies 50/2       (spring 2015) 265-85.
  •  “Does Doctrine Change?” America on line, Nov. 30, 2015, 1-5.
  •  “From Churches to Church,” America 214/2 (2016) 28-30.
  •  “La Dottrina al Servizio Della Missione Pastorale Della Chiesa,” La Civilità Cattolica 167 (14       May 2016) 223-36.
  •  Doctrine at the Service of the Pastoral Mission of the Church, “Catholic New World (May 9,    2016).
  • “Roman Catholicism since 1800,” in The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Christianity, eds. Lamin Sanneh and Michael J. McClymond (Hoboken: Wiley, 2016) 605-16.
  • “The Present State of Ecumenism: How Can We Move Forward?” Ecumenical Trends 46/4 (April 2017) 8-11, 15.
  • “The Present State of Ecumenism,” Perspectiva Theológia 49/1 (Jan/Abr. 2017) 87-100.
  • “A New Ecumenism? Christian Unity in a Global Church,” Theological Studies 78/3 (2017)  596-613.
  • “A Catholic Confession for Protestants,” Ecumenical Trends 46/10 (November 2017) 1-2, 13-14.
  • “Thinking with the Church: From Oscar Romero to Pope Francis,” Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Jesuit Ecumenists. 13-19 July 2015), 75-95.
  • “Faith, Hope, and Love in the Thought of Pope Benedict XVI,” in Faith, Hope, Love, and Justice: The Theological Virtues Today, ed. Anselm K. Min (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018) 1-17, 23-27.
  • “Introduction,” in Pope Francis on the Joy of Love: Theological and Pastoral Reflections on Amoris Laetitia, with Roberto Dell’Oro (New York: Paulist, 2018) 1-10.
  • “The Joy of Love,” in Pope Francis on the Joy of Love: Theological and Pastoral Reflections on Amoris Laetitia, with Roberto Dell’Oro (New York: Paulist, 2018) 11-24.
  • “The Domestic Church,” in Pope Francis on the Joy of Love: Theological and Pastoral  Reflections on Amoris Laetitia, with Roberto Dell’Oro (New York: Paulist, 2018) 102-114
  • .“Laudato Si’,” Journal of Management for Global Sustainability 5/1 (2017) 135-45.
  • “Will a new gathering of Orthodox scholars and leaders push ecumenism forward?”America magazine (online) May 14, 2019.Ecumenism for a Global Church: Can the Churches of the West and Those of the Global
  • South Learn from Each Other?” in Leaning into the Spirit: Ecumenical Perspectives on Discernment and Decision-making in the Church  (Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019).
  • “Leadership and Governance in the Church,” in The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II, ed. Richard R. Gaillardetz (Cambridge, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2020) 232-47.
  • Forward,” to Jim Clarke, Here Comes Life! (New York: Paulist, 2021) vii-xi.
  • “Pope Francis and the dehumanizing nature of contemporary economics,” America (April 2021) Online and print edition.
  • Pope Francis and the dehumanizing nature of contemporary economics,” America (April 2021) Online and print edition.
  • “Contemporary Challenges for Global Catholicism,” La Civiltà Cattolica (July 26, 2021).
  • Sfide Contemporanee Del Cattolicesimo Globale,” La Civiltà Cattolica (May, 2021.
  • “Introduction,” Proceedings of the 25th International Conference of Jesuit Ecumenists, July 8-13, 2019, 7-11.
  •  “Jesuits, Evangelicals, and Pentecostals,” Proceedings of the 25th International Conference of Jesuit Ecumenists, July 8-13, 2019, 93-110,
  • “What Do Catholics mean when they say the Eucharist is true body and blood of Christ,” America online, November 12, 2021.
  • “Afterward: Discovering Process (Again),” in Process Thought and Roman Catholicism: Challenges and Promises, ed. Marc A. Pugliese and John Becker (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2022) 205-11.
  • “Esercizi spirituali in un ͐età secolare,” La Civiltà Cattolica (August 6, 2022) 254-266.
  • “Christians are dying for their faith all around the world. Do U.S. Catholics care?” America online, August 23, 2023.
  • “Friendship and Spiritual Ecumenism,” Ecumenical Trends 52/6 (November/December 2023),24-28.
  • “Trump, the ‘religious right’ and white Christian nationalism,” America online, January 5, 2004.