id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt news-000893 Change at the Vatican: Notre Dame faculty experts look ahead | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame .html text/html 2769 83 47 Kathleen Sprows Cummings, 574-631-8749, cummings.23@nd.edu Lawrence Cunningham “Pope Benedict Benedict stepped down, through his letter, in accordance within the norms of canon law, said Lawrence Cunningham, John A. O’Brien Professor emeritus of theology. “To his credit, Pope Benedict devoted his considerable intellectual skills to the crafting of three excellent and profound encyclicals bringing together the core of Catholic social doctrine with the depths of the theological tradition, and his energies to ‘a new evangelization,’ which the Church desperately needs.” Appleby, who directs Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, teaches courses in American religious history and comparative religious movements. cache/news-000893.html txt/news-000893.txt