Richard McBrien, outspoken liberal theologian and Notre Dame scholar, dies at 78

by Joseph Saraceno

RNS-MCBRIEN-OBITI and traditional Catholics owe a lot to Father McBrien. He also was the General Editor of the “Encyclopedia of Catholicism.” 1995. Where I got much of my information, especially on the Vatican II Council. It was one of my sources exposing that the council teaches that one can be saved in any religion.  We were both the same age and his mother was an Italian.

The Rev. Richard McBrien, a renowned Catholic theologian at the University of Notre Dame who wrote comprehensive works on church history and delivered punchy sound bites from a liberal perspective, died Sunday (Jan. 25). He was 78 and had been in poor health for several years. MORE