Democracy in Crisis

1. Beyond Multi-party Systems and Elections: Democratic Challenges in Africa Ludovic Lado, Théodore Ntsengue Lebongo, Jérôme Emmanuel Bountsebe Ekassi and Eméran Joseph Evega Eyenga Onana
2. The Catholic Church and Hong Kong’s Failed Democratization Chit Wai John Mok
3. US Democracy: The Civil Sphere, Public Catholicism, and Alternative Futures Richard L. Wood
4. Populism, Polarization, and the Crises of Democracy Marcia Pally
5. Flashback: Catholic Post-Liberalism. Theoretical Support for Right-Wing Authoritarianism in the USA Jonas Hagedorn, Noah Heinemann and Christopher Washnock
6. Democracy and Corruption at the Limits of Globalized Neo-liberalism Bernardo Pérez Andreo
7. Secular Republic, Liberal Democracy and the Catholic Church’s Constitutional Doctrine Hermann-Josef Große Kracht
8. Polarization in the Church and the Synodal Logic of Pope Francis Carlos María Galli

Theological Forum

1. The Synodal Path of the Churches in Italy: Learnings and Questions from a National Synodal Process Francesco Zaccaria
2. “Strengthening Synodality for the Long Term”: The Synodal Path of the Local Church in Germany Margit Eckholt
3. Project Vatican II, Event and Mandate: An Intercultural and Decolonial Rereading of the Council Sandra Arenas