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Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, taught theology for 30 years at Boston College. Audio recordings of his lectures, “Christic Imagination: How Christ Transforms Us,” have recently been released by Now You Know Media.

Archbishop Angelo De Donatis, papal vicar for the Diocese of Rome, holds a copy of Pope Francis' exhortation, "Gaudete et Exsultate" ("Rejoice and Be Glad"), during a news conference on the exhortation at the Vatican April 9. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithNews Analysis
Robert P. Imbelli
Examining “Gaudete et Exsultate” from the viewpoint of St. Ignatius’ meditation on the two standards.
“The Adoration of the Lamb” (Modello for the Apse Fresco of the Gesù, Rome, 1680), Giovanni Battista Gaulli 
Arts & CultureIdeas
Robert P. Imbelli
Bernini’s magnificent marble bust of St. Robert Bellarmine had made its way to Fairfield University.
FaithFaith and Reason
Robert P. Imbelli
Looking back 55 years after the beginning of Vatican II, what have we learned and what have we forgotten?
Faith
Robert P. Imbelli
Our purpose in speaking liturgically is to celebrate faithfully the Gospel that is the church’s sole reason for being.
Pope Francis greets a young woman during a meeting with youths in Asuncion, Paraguay, July 12, 2015 (Paul Haring, CNS).
Robert P. Imbelli
Pope Francis is more the mystagogue than the moralist.
A family prays after arriving for Sunday Mass in 2011 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Alexandria, Va.
Synod on the Family
Robert P. Imbelli
Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation, “Amoris Laetita," presents, at considerable length, his reflections and discernment based upon the two synods devoted to the Catholic understanding of marriage and family life.It is clear, even from a first reading, how closely the pope has ente
An opponent of same-sex marriage protests outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington June 18. (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)
In All Things
Robert P. Imbelli
Pastoral emphasis is both its strength and its weakness.
CANONICAL QUESTION. Barbara Anne Cusack, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, asks a question about marriage on oct. 16 during the 76th annual Canon Law Society of America convention in St. Louis.
Robert P. Imbelli
America’s editorial on the recently concluded Synod of Bishops on the Family rightly speaks of “a remarkable two-week period” (“Go in Peace,” 11/10). Anyone who followed the synod knows that it was characterized by passionate debate and even, in some instances, disagree
Books
Robert P. Imbelli
Edward Short’s 'Newman and His Family'
Faith
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The Dignity of the Vulnerable By Meghan J. Clarke‘The dignity of the human person and the common good rank higher than the comfort of those who refuse to renounce their privileges” (No. 218). In a simple sentence, Pope Francis summarizes the bedrock of Catholic social doctrine: human dignity