Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.
Article Benedict's Act of Humility Benedict’s resignation was a self-denying act of personal humility. What we need now in Rome are acts of institutional humility and self-denial. By Joseph Komonchak February 19, 2013 U.S. Catholicism Religious Life Bishops Pope Benedict XVI Pope John Paul II Priesthood Sexual-abuse Crisis Short Take Spirituality Theology Vatican II Women in the Church