[Excerpted from the November December 2017 issue of Emmanuel. Barbara Shanahan is an alumna of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, Illinois. She has led the Buffalo, New York, Catholic Bible Studies Program since 1992.] The title “King” weaves throughout Matthew’s Gospel: “Where is the child who has been born King of the Jews? We have observed […]

In an article written for Catholic News Service ten years ago on October 12, 2005, marking the 40th anniversary of the close of Vatican II, Jerry Filteau interviewed four leading churchmen who were present at Vatican II as periti. The periti were approximately 450 priests from around the world, including 50 from the United States, […]