The Pastoral Review

The PASTORAL REVIEW

The Pastoral Review is a quarterly journal, originally founded as the Clergy Review in 1931, and subsequently known as Priests and People from 1987 until 2005. It began as a theological and pastoral resource for diocesan clergy and its writers have included Monsignor Ronald Knox, Fr Martin D’Arcy and Sister Wendy Beckett. It has been owned by the Tablet Trust since 2005. The editorial board is made up of academics, those engaged in pastoral ministry and men and women involved in Catholic charities.

The Pastoral Review is a Catholic journal with an international and ecumenical vision, aiming to provide theological and pastoral resources for clergy and laypeople engaged in pastoral ministry, leadership and teaching. Inspired by Catholic Social Teaching and the teachings of Vatican II, it draws on the skills, knowledge and experience of Catholics and other Christians, attempting to make accessible to people in Christian communities the best of contemporary theological study. As part of this aspiration the journal aims in particular to foster the talents of young writers and those under-represented in contemporary theological writing.

The journal reflects primarily the pastoral life of the Catholic Church in England and Wales and in Scotland, but also aspires to relate to the life of the Church in Ireland and the rest of Europe and the world.

The Pastoral Review is aimed at clergy, teachers, catechists, pastoral workers, chaplains, those who work for charities, and members of church communities.

Dilexit Nos: The Sacred Heart of Christ as a locus theologicus / By Jacob Phillips

America’s greater evil / By Heather Kuhlman

Gisèle Pelicot: What the courage of one woman can teach us all / By Nikki Dhillon-Keane

Nicholas Lash and synodality / By John McDade

How can we tell the poor that God loves them? The life and legacy of Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928‒2024) / By Luis Macchiavello