Church in Crisis: The Enlightenment and its Impact upon Today’s Church

Fr. Martin R. Tripole, S.J. explains how the present crisis in the Catholic Church in America has its roots in the Enlightenment, specifically in the Enlightenment’s presumption that human reason could stand alone in its pursuit of truth, thereby excluding or marginalising the role of faith and revelation. He articulates how we can overcome present divisions and more effectively fulfill Christ’s saving mission for the world.