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VATICAN CITY (CNS) A Vatican office sent dozens of theologians and pastoral workers to refugee camps, prisons, shelters, street corners and markets in 40 cities and towns on every continent to listen to the faith experiences and, especially, the faith questions of people often tossed aside or ignored by society and even the Catholic Church. This type of listening has been a long-neglected, yet fundamental basis for rigorous critical thinking on theology, especially in the face of contempora
Catholic theology is "faith seeking understanding" and grapples with questions that arise about God, human beings and the church. The Vatican-sponsored project, "Doing theology from the existential peripheries" is listening to how people on the margins of the society and the church are asking those questions.