The leadership of CTS as well as several other professional theological organizations have met several times with the representatives of the USCCB Committee on Doctrine. In February 2015, the Committee on Doctrine presented a document entitled "The Contribution of Catholic Theologians to the New Evangelization: An Appeal" to this small body. CTS President Bill Portier has obtained permission to share it more broadly, so it can now be downloaded by clicking this link.  We highly encourage our members and all interested parties to engage in a broad discussion of this document, its understanding of the task of Catholic theologians, and its sense of the tasks of the New Evangelization. A public discussion thread can be found here.

At the March 24, 2017, meeting of the USCCB Committee on Doctrine with representatives of the professional theological organizations, Bill Portier gave a presentation entitled "The Sociology of Catholic Theology." The text of his remarks is available by clicking on the title of the document.