Members of a Vatican theological body are exploring just how hard bishops must listen to lay people. If the members of the body, known as the International Theological Commission, want to go more ...

For four days, Catholic theologians pondered and probed, analyzed and agonized over the concept of the sensus fidelium. You could even say the annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of ...

We've been hearing a lot about sensus fidelium recently. It's the only Latin word some Catholics will allow to be uttered. It's definition for many seems to be "what we say goes." Or if enough ...

We need to be familiar with these two concepts that definitely would help us discern what truly was meant when Christ said certain things that would sound very inhuman and unchristian. One example is ...

When the Catholic Church affirms the importance of how all the faithful understand matters of faith and morals, it is not saying Catholic beliefs are open to a popular vote, Pope Benedict XVI said. An ...

The Catholic Church’s teaching on the sensus fidei (sense of the faith) has been given attention recently, due to appeals to the concept by Jesuit Father James Martin, author of Building a Bridge: How ...